USN-2988-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2988-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2988-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-2988-1
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Published
2016-05-31T18:10:23.974347Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:15Z
Summary
lxd vulnerabilities
Details

Robie Basak discovered that LXD incorrectly set permissions when setting up a loop based ZFS pool. A local attacker could use this issue to copy and read the data of any LXD container. (CVE-2016-1581)

Robie Basak discovered that LXD incorrectly set permissions when switching an unprivileged container into privileged mode. A local attacker could use this issue to access any world readable path in the container directory, including setuid binaries. (CVE-2016-1582)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / lxd

Package

Name
lxd
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/lxd@2.0.2-0ubuntu1~16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0.2-0ubuntu1~16.04.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.20-0ubuntu4
0.21-0ubuntu3
0.21-0ubuntu5
0.22-0ubuntu1
0.22-0ubuntu2
0.23-0ubuntu1
0.23-0ubuntu2
0.23-0ubuntu3
0.24-0ubuntu2
0.24-0ubuntu3
0.24-0ubuntu4
0.25-0ubuntu1
0.26-0ubuntu2
0.26-0ubuntu3
0.27-0ubuntu1
0.27-0ubuntu2

2.*

2.0.0~beta1-0ubuntu3
2.0.0~beta1-0ubuntu4
2.0.0~beta2-0ubuntu1
2.0.0~beta2-0ubuntu2
2.0.0~beta3-0ubuntu1
2.0.0~beta3-0ubuntu2
2.0.0~beta3-0ubuntu3
2.0.0~beta3-0ubuntu4
2.0.0~beta4-0ubuntu1
2.0.0~beta4-0ubuntu2
2.0.0~beta4-0ubuntu3
2.0.0~beta4-0ubuntu4
2.0.0~beta4-0ubuntu5
2.0.0~beta4-0ubuntu6
2.0.0~beta4-0ubuntu7
2.0.0~rc1-0ubuntu1
2.0.0~rc1-0ubuntu2
2.0.0~rc1-0ubuntu3
2.0.0~rc2-0ubuntu2
2.0.0~rc2-0ubuntu3
2.0.0~rc3-0ubuntu1
2.0.0~rc3-0ubuntu2
2.0.0~rc3-0ubuntu3
2.0.0~rc3-0ubuntu4
2.0.0~rc4-0ubuntu1
2.0.0~rc5-0ubuntu1
2.0.0~rc6-0ubuntu1
2.0.0~rc6-0ubuntu2
2.0.0~rc7-0ubuntu1
2.0.0~rc7-0ubuntu2
2.0.0~rc8-0ubuntu1
2.0.0~rc8-0ubuntu2
2.0.0~rc8-0ubuntu3
2.0.0~rc8-0ubuntu5
2.0.0~rc8-0ubuntu6
2.0.0~rc8-0ubuntu7
2.0.0~rc9-0ubuntu2
2.0.0~rc9-0ubuntu3
2.0.0~rc9-0ubuntu4
2.0.0~rc9-0ubuntu5
2.0.0-0ubuntu1
2.0.0-0ubuntu2
2.0.0-0ubuntu3
2.0.0-0ubuntu4
2.0.1-0ubuntu1~16.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.2-0ubuntu1~16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "golang-github-lxc-lxd-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.2-0ubuntu1~16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "lxc2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.2-0ubuntu1~16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "lxd"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.2-0ubuntu1~16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "lxd-client"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.2-0ubuntu1~16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "lxd-tools"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2016-1581"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2016-1582"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"
}