openSUSE Leap 42.2: 2016:3179-1 Important: LXC Guest Escape Warning
opensuse
December 16, 2016
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available
Description
This update for lxc fixes the following issue:
- CVE-2016-8649: guest escape via ptrace of lxc-attach (boo#1010933).
Topics Covered
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 42.2:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2016-1488=1
- openSUSE Leap 42.1:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2016-1488=1
- openSUSE 13.2:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2016-1488=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List
- openSUSE Leap 42.2 (x86_64):
lxc-1.1.2-10.1
lxc-debuginfo-1.1.2-10.1
lxc-debugsource-1.1.2-10.1
lxc-devel-1.1.2-10.1
- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (i586 x86_64):
lxc-1.1.2-9.1
lxc-debuginfo-1.1.2-9.1
lxc-debugsource-1.1.2-9.1
lxc-devel-1.1.2-9.1
- openSUSE 13.2 (i586 x86_64):
lxc-1.0.6-12.1
lxc-debuginfo-1.0.6-12.1
lxc-debugsource-1.0.6-12.1
lxc-devel-1.0.6-12.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8649.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1010933
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:3179-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 42.2
openSUSE Leap 42.1
openSUSE 13.2
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