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SCA: security update for github.com/lxc/lxd (GHSA-8mpq-fmr3-6jxv)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 412764

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - LXD before version 0.19-0ubuntu5 doUidshiftIntoContainer() has an unsafe Chmod() call that races against
 the stat in the Filepath.Walk() function. A symbolic link created in that window could cause any file on
 the system to have any mode of the attacker's choice. (CVE-2015-1340)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8mpq-fmr3-6jxv

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 412764

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-1340

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/22/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1340

cwe: CWE-362