[USN-2809-1] LXD vulnerability

[Marc Deslauriers]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2809-1
November 12, 2015

lxd vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 15.10

Summary:

LXD could be made to run programs as an administrator.

Software Description:
- lxd: Container hypervisor based on LXC

Details:

Jeroen Simonetti discovered that LXD incorrectly set socket permissions. A
local attacker could use this issue to escalate privileges.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 15.10:
  lxd                             0.20-0ubuntu4.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2809-1
  https://launchpad.net/bugs/1515689

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxd/0.20-0ubuntu4.1


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