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openSUSE Security Update : lxc (openSUSE-2016-1488)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 96029

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for lxc fixes the following issue :

 - CVE-2016-8649: guest escape via ptrace of lxc-attach (boo#1010933).

Solution

Update the affected lxc packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1010933

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 96029

File Name: openSUSE-2016-1488.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/20/2016

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:lxc, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:lxc-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:lxc-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:lxc-debugsource

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/16/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-8649