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Fedora 29 : lxc / lxcfs / python3-lxc (2019-c1dac1b3b8)

high Nessus Plugin ID 128579

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Update LXC to version 3.0.4.

The release announcement can be found [here](https://discuss.linuxcontainers.org/t/lxc-3-0-4-has-been-releas ed/5080).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected lxc, lxcfs and / or python3-lxc packages.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-c1dac1b3b8

https://discuss.linuxcontainers.org/t/lxc-3-0-4-has-been-released/5080

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 128579

File Name: fedora_2019-c1dac1b3b8.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/9/2019

Updated: 4/26/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 10.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-5736

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:lxc, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:lxcfs, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:python3-lxc, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:29

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/6/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/11/2019

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Docker Container Escape Via runC Overwrite)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-5736