What is CVE-2016-1581?

CVE-2016-1581 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Lxd, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-06-09.

How severe is CVE-2016-1581?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Canonical Lxd

CVE-2016-1581

LXD before 2.0.2 uses world-readable permissions for /var/lib/lxd/zfs.img when setting up a loop based ZFS pool, which allows local users to copy and read data from arbitrary containers via unspecified vectors.

EPSS: 0.000 (10.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Canonical Lxd
Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 15.10, 16.04
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
USN-2988-1 (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1581?: CVE-2016-1581 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Lxd, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-06-09.
How severe is CVE-2016-1581?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.