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1 vulnerability found for Linux kernel, as used in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10 by Canonical Ltd.

CVE-2018-6559 (GCVE-0-2018-6559)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-10-26 17:00
Modified
2024-09-16 19:19
Severity ?
CWE
Summary
The Linux kernel, as used in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10, allows local users to obtain names of files in which they would not normally be able to access via an overlayfs mount inside of a user namespace.
References
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105752 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3836-2/ vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3835-1/ vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2018/CVE-2018-6559.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2018-October/096172.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3833-1/ vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3832-1/ vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1793458 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3836-1/ vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
Impacted products
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