CyberRota Analysis
This is a low severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 3.3. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.
CVE
CVE-2018-6556
Severity
LOW
CVSS
3.3
EPSS
0.35%
Original NVD Description
lxc-user-nic when asked to delete a network interface will unconditionally open a user provided path. This code path may be used by an unprivileged user to check for the existence of a path which they wouldn't otherwise be able to reach. It may also be used to trigger side effects by causing a (read-only) open of special kernel files (ptmx, proc, sys). Affected releases are LXC: 2.0 versions above and including 2.0.9; 3.0 versions above and including 3.0.0, prior to 3.0.2.
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