CVE-2023-5536

medium

Description

A feature in LXD (LP#1829071), affects the default configuration of Ubuntu Server which allows privileged users in the lxd group to escalate their privilege to root without requiring a sudo password.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5536

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/easy-multi-user-lxd-setup/26215/4

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5536

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxd/+bug/1829071

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-12-12

Updated: 2023-12-18

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H