CVE-2018-6556
"LXC File Path Traversal Vulnerability"
Description
lxc-user-nic when asked to delete a network interface will unconditionally open a user provided path. This code path may be used by an unprivileged user to check for the existence of a path which they wouldn't otherwise be able to reach. It may also be used to trigger side effects by causing a (read-only) open of special kernel files (ptmx, proc, sys). Affected releases are LXC: 2.0 versions above and including 2.0.9; 3.0 versions above and including 3.0.0, prior to 3.0.2.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 10, 2018, 3:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 4:10 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
1.4
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2018-6556 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2018-6556
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2018-6556.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
None
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LXC Information Disclosure vulnerability.
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2018-6556 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2018-6556 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00074.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00076.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00091.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00073.html Added Reference https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1783591 Added Reference https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=988348 Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-02 Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3730-1 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 31, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00073.html [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 27, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-02 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-02 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00091.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00091.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00074.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00074.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00076.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00076.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:suse:caas_platform:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:suse:caas_platform:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:suse:openstack_cloud:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3:*:*:ltss:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 25, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00091.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 18, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00076.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 17, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00074.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 21, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-02 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 12, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=988348 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=988348 Issue Tracking, Patch Changed Reference Type https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1783591 No Types Assigned https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1783591 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3730-1 No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3730-1 Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-417 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:lxc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.0.0 up to (including) 2.0.9 *cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:lxc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.0.0 up to (excluding) 3.0.2
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-6556 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Exploit Prediction
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0.08 }} 0.03%
score
0.32150
percentile