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GHSA-7W5C-Q3C8-5C62

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-12-12 03:31 – Updated: 2023-12-12 03:31

Details

A feature in LXD (LP#1829071), affects the default configuration of Ubuntu Server which allows privileged users in the lxd group to escalate their privilege to root without requiring a sudo password.

Severity ?

5.0 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

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CVE-2023-5536 (GCVE-0-2023-5536)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-12 01:51 – Updated: 2024-08-02 07:59

Summary

A feature in LXD (LP#1829071), affects the default configuration of Ubuntu Server which allows privileged users in the lxd group to escalate their privilege to root without requiring a sudo password.

Severity ?

5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Assigner

canonical

References

URL

Tags

	https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/easy-multi-user-lx…	mitigation
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5536	issue-tracking
	https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxd/+bu…	issue-tracking
	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CV…	issue-tracking

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Canonical	Ubuntu Server	Unaffected: 0 , < 24.04 (semver)

Credits

Tobias Jäger

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Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-7W5C-Q3C8-5C62

CVE-2023-5536 (GCVE-0-2023-5536)

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