USN-2809-1: LXD vulnerability
12 November 2015
LXD could be made to run programs as an administrator.
Releases
Packages
- 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
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.