Link following - CVE-2015-1331
Published: August 12, 2015 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33646
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1331
CWE-ID: CWE-59
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
lxclock.c in LXC 1.1.2 and earlier allows local users to create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /run/lock/lxc/*.
Affected software
lxc (Alpine package)
lxc
Fedora
lxc
Fedora
How to mitigate CVE-2015-1331
Install update from vendor's website.
lxc (Alpine package) - update to 1.0.6-r1
lxc - addressed in versions 1.0.7-2.el6, 1.0.7-2.el7, 1.0.7-2.fc21, 1.1.2-2.fc22, 1.1.2-2.fc23
lxc - addressed in versions 1.0.7-2.el6, 1.0.7-2.el7, 1.0.7-2.fc21, 1.1.2-2.fc22, 1.1.2-2.fc23
External References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00073.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00066.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3317
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75999
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2675-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1470842
- https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/72cf81f6a3404e35028567db2c99a90406e9c6e6
- https://service.ait.ac.at/security/2015/LxcSecurityAnalysis.html