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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2013-6441

Published: Feb 14, 2014 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
6 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6441
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

The lxc-sshd template (templates/lxc-sshd.in) in LXC before 1.0.0.beta2 uses read-write permissions when mounting /sbin/init, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the init file.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
LxcLinuxcontainers*0.9.0 (including)
LxcLinuxcontainers0.1.0 (including)0.1.0 (including)
LxcLinuxcontainers0.2.0 (including)0.2.0 (including)
LxcLinuxcontainers0.2.1 (including)0.2.1 (including)
LxcLinuxcontainers0.3.0 (including)0.3.0 (including)
LxcLinuxcontainers0.4.0 (including)0.4.0 (including)
LxcLinuxcontainers0.5.0 (including)0.5.0 (including)
LxcLinuxcontainers0.5.1 (including)0.5.1 (including)
LxcLinuxcontainers0.5.2 (including)0.5.2 (including)
LxcLinuxcontainers0.6.0 (including)0.6.0 (including)
LxcLinuxcontainers0.6.1 (including)0.6.1 (including)
LxcLinuxcontainers0.6.2 (including)0.6.2 (including)
LxcLinuxcontainers0.6.3 (including)0.6.3 (including)
LxcLinuxcontainers0.6.4 (including)0.6.4 (including)
LxcLinuxcontainers0.6.5 (including)0.6.5 (including)
LxcLinuxcontainers0.7.0 (including)0.7.0 (including)
LxcLinuxcontainers0.7.1 (including)0.7.1 (including)
LxcLinuxcontainers0.7.2 (including)0.7.2 (including)
LxcLinuxcontainers0.7.3 (including)0.7.3 (including)
LxcLinuxcontainers0.7.4 (including)0.7.4 (including)
LxcLinuxcontainers0.7.4.1 (including)0.7.4.1 (including)
LxcLinuxcontainers0.7.4.2 (including)0.7.4.2 (including)
LxcLinuxcontainers0.7.5 (including)0.7.5 (including)
LxcLinuxcontainers0.8.0 (including)0.8.0 (including)
LxcUbuntulucid*
LxcUbuntuprecise*
LxcUbuntuquantal*
LxcUbunturaring*
LxcUbuntusaucy*

References

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