UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10124

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10124
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10124.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10124
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Published
2017-01-09T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:58Z
Severity
  • 8.6 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in Linux Containers (LXC) before 2016-02-22. When executing a program via lxc-attach, the nonpriv session can escape to the parent session by using the TIOCSTI ioctl to push characters into the terminal's input buffer, allowing an attacker to escape the container.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / lxc

Package

Name
lxc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/lxc@1.0.10-0ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.10-0ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.0~alpha1-0ubuntu11
1.0.0~alpha2-0ubuntu1
1.0.0~alpha2-0ubuntu3
1.0.0~alpha2-0ubuntu4
1.0.0~alpha2-0ubuntu5
1.0.0~alpha2-0ubuntu6
1.0.0~alpha3-0ubuntu1
1.0.0~alpha3-0ubuntu2
1.0.0~alpha3-0ubuntu3
1.0.0~alpha3-0ubuntu4
1.0.0~alpha3-0ubuntu5
1.0.0~alpha3-0ubuntu6
1.0.0~alpha3-0ubuntu7
1.0.0~alpha3-0ubuntu8
1.0.0~beta1-0ubuntu1
1.0.0~beta1-0ubuntu2
1.0.0~beta1-0ubuntu3
1.0.0~beta2-0ubuntu1
1.0.0~beta2-0ubuntu2
1.0.0~beta3-0ubuntu1
1.0.0~beta4-0ubuntu1
1.0.0~beta4-0ubuntu2
1.0.0~rc1-0ubuntu2
1.0.0~rc3-0ubuntu1
1.0.0~rc4-0ubuntu1
1.0.0-0ubuntu1
1.0.0-0ubuntu2
1.0.0-0ubuntu3
1.0.0-0ubuntu4
1.0.1-0ubuntu1
1.0.2-0ubuntu1
1.0.2-0ubuntu2
1.0.3-0ubuntu1
1.0.3-0ubuntu2
1.0.3-0ubuntu3
1.0.4-0ubuntu0.1
1.0.5-0ubuntu0.1
1.0.6-0ubuntu0.1
1.0.7-0ubuntu0.1
1.0.7-0ubuntu0.2
1.0.7-0ubuntu0.5
1.0.7-0ubuntu0.6
1.0.7-0ubuntu0.7
1.0.7-0ubuntu0.9
1.0.7-0ubuntu0.10
1.0.8-0ubuntu0.3
1.0.8-0ubuntu0.4
1.0.9-0ubuntu2
1.0.9-0ubuntu3
1.0.10-0ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.0.10-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "liblxc1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.0.10-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "lxc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.0.10-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "lxc-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.0.10-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "lxc-templates"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.0.10-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "lxc-tests"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.0.10-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "python3-lxc"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}