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openSUSE Security Update : lxc (openSUSE-2019-596)

low Nessus Plugin ID 123259

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for lxc fixes the following issues :

The following security vulnerability was fixed :

 - CVE-2018-6556: Fixed an information leak and possible open() side effects to regular users via lxc-user-nic (boo#988348)

Solution

Update the affected lxc packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=988348

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 123259

File Name: openSUSE-2019-596.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/27/2019

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:liblxc-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:liblxc1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:liblxc1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:lxc, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:lxc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:lxc-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/23/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/10/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-6556