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CVE-2016-1580

Published: May 13, 2016 | Modified: May 19, 2016
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
10 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
HIGH
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1580
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

The setup_snappy_os_mounts function in the ubuntu-core-launcher package before 1.0.27.1 improperly determines the mount point of bind mounts when using snaps, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or gain privileges via a snap with a name starting with ubuntu-core.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Ubuntu_linux Canonical 16.04 (including) 16.04 (including)
Ubuntu-core-launcher Ubuntu devel *
Ubuntu-core-launcher Ubuntu upstream *
Ubuntu-core-launcher Ubuntu xenial *

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