Security update for lxc
SUSE Security Update: Security update for lxc
The container framework LXC has been updated to fix various bugs and a
security issue:
* CVE-2013-6441: The sshd template allowed privilege escalation on the
host.
* SLES container time not aligned with host time (bnc#839653)
* SLES container boot takes ages (bnc#839663)
* lxc mounts /dev/pts with wrong options (bnc#869663)
Security Issues:
* CVE-2013-6441
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2014:0643-1 |
| Rating: | low |
| References: | #839653 #839663 #855809 #869663 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that solves one vulnerability and has three fixes is now available. It includes one version update.
Description:
The container framework LXC has been updated to fix various bugs and a
security issue:
* CVE-2013-6441: The sshd template allowed privilege escalation on the
host.
* SLES container time not aligned with host time (bnc#839653)
* SLES container boot takes ages (bnc#839663)
* lxc mounts /dev/pts with wrong options (bnc#869663)
Security Issues:
* CVE-2013-6441
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch sdksp3-lxc-9084 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-lxc-9084 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-lxc-9084 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch sledsp3-lxc-9084
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 0.8.0]:
- lxc-devel-0.8.0-0.21.6
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 0.8.0]:
- lxc-0.8.0-0.21.6
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
- lxc-0.8.0-0.21.6
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- lxc-0.8.0-0.21.6
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
- lxc-0.8.0-0.21.6
References:
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6441.html
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/839653
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/839663
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/855809
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/869663
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=61ec747452b7ab31ceb87c9fe831946e