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GHSA-QV29-RJWJ-JJRM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-01-01 06:30 – Updated: 2023-01-09 15:30

Details

lxc-user-nic in lxc through 5.0.1 is installed setuid root, and may allow local users to infer whether any file exists, even within a protected directory tree, because "Failed to open" often indicates that a file does not exist, whereas "does not refer to a network namespace path" often indicates that a file exists. NOTE: this is different from CVE-2018-6556 because the CVE-2018-6556 fix design was based on the premise that "we will report back to the user that the open() failed but the user has no way of knowing why it failed"; however, in many realistic cases, there are no plausible reasons for failing except that the file does not exist.

Severity

3.3 (Low)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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CVE-2022-47952 (GCVE-0-2022-47952)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-01 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-10 19:16

Summary

Severity

3.3 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-04-10 19:15 UTC

CWE

n/a
CWE-203 - Observable Discrepancy

Assigner

mitre CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2348 records in the last 180 days details

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/lxc/lxc/blob/0b83d71c2c8f3bac9…
https://github.com/lxc/lxc/blob/0b83d71c2c8f3bac9…
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bu…
https://github.com/MaherAzzouzi/CVE-2022-47952
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023…	mailing-list

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