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Fedora 24 LXC Update: Critical Resource Isolation Fix Available

fedora
Calendar Grey December 13, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Upgrade LXC to the most recent stable iteration on Fedora 24, improving security measures and resource separation capabilities substantially.
Update LXC to the latest stable version

Summary

Update Information:

Update LXC to the latest stable version. See [here](https://linuxcontainers.org/lxc/news/) for the list of changes.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical Fedora security fix process isolation lxc resource isolation

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1398242 - CVE-2016-8649 lxc: lxc-attach to malicious container allows access to host https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1398242

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade lxc' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Name: lxc
Product: Fedora 24
Version: 2.0.6
Release: 2.fc24
URL: https://linuxcontainers.org/
Summary: Linux Resource ContainersDescription :

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical Fedora security fix process isolation lxc resource isolation

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