CVE-2016-8649
N/A
Published: May 1, 2017 at 06:08 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:54 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLxc
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
lxc-attach in LXC before 1.0.9 and 2.x before 2.0.6 allows an attacker inside of an unprivileged container to use an inherited file descriptor, of the host's /proc, to access the rest of the host's filesystem via the openat() family of syscalls.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 1.0.92.0.0 ≤ v < 2.0.6
Affected range stops below 1.0.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.0.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94498x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=845465x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1639345x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1398242x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/81f466d05f2a89cb4f122ef7f593ff3f279b165cx_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8649Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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