CVE-2018-6764
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6764
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-6764.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-6764
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2018-02-23T17:29:00.473Z
- Modified
- 2026-07-07T08:49:56.201303707Z
- Severity
-
- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
util/virlog.c in libvirt does not properly determine the hostname on LXC container startup, which allows local guest OS users to bypass an intended container protection mechanism and execute arbitrary commands via a crafted NSS module.
- Database specific
{ "unresolved_ranges": [ { "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "14.04" }, { "last_affected": "14.04" }, { "introduced": "16.04" }, { "last_affected": "16.04" }, { "introduced": "17.10" }, { "last_affected": "17.10" } ], "vendor_product": "canonical:ubuntu_linux", "source": "CPE_STRING", "cpes": [ "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" ] } ] }- References
Affected packages
Git / github.com/libvirt/libvirt
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/libvirt/libvirt
- Events
-
IntroducedLast affected
- Database specific
{ "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "8.0" }, { "last_affected": "8.0" }, { "introduced": "9.0" }, { "last_affected": "9.0" }, { "introduced": "4.0" }, { "last_affected": "4.0" }, { "introduced": "7.0" }, { "last_affected": "7.0" } ], "cpe": [ "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" ], "source": "CPE_STRING" }