CVE-2015-1335

HIGH 7.2CVE-2015-1335 · Published 01/10/2015 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2015-1335 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability affecting lxc (linuxcontainers).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.46%, higher than 39.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
lxc linuxcontainers	`= 1.1.0= 1.1.1= 1.1.2= 1.1.3≤ 1.0.7`	No fix yet

Description

lxc-start in lxc before 1.0.8 and 1.1.x before 1.1.4 allows local container administrators to escape AppArmor confinement via a symlink attack on a (1) mount target or (2) bind mount source.

References

lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170045.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171358.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171364.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00073.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00023.html
debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3400
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/29/4
oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
securityfocus.com/bid/76894
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2753-1
bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1476662
lxc/lxc commit 592fd47

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