CVE-2023-5536

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  3. CVE-2023-5536
A feature in LXD (LP#1829071), affects the default configuration of Ubuntu Server which allows privileged users in the lxd group to escalate their privilege to root without requiring a sudo password.

5.0 /10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.6 / Impact : 4.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxd/+bug/1829071 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5536 Third Party Advisory
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/easy-multi-user-lxd-setup/26215/4 Vendor Advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5536 Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxd/+bug/1829071 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5536 Third Party Advisory
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/easy-multi-user-lxd-setup/26215/4 Vendor Advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5536 Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

21 Nov 2024, 08:41

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : 6.4 		v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.0
References () https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxd/+bug/1829071 - Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory () https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxd/+bug/1829071 - Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
References () https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5536 - Third Party Advisory () https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5536 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/easy-multi-user-lxd-setup/26215/4 - Vendor Advisory () https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/easy-multi-user-lxd-setup/26215/4 - Vendor Advisory
References () https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5536 - Vendor Advisory () https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5536 - Vendor Advisory

18 Dec 2023, 20:01

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxd/+bug/1829071 - () https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxd/+bug/1829071 - Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
References () https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5536 - () https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5536 - Vendor Advisory
References () https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/easy-multi-user-lxd-setup/26215/4 - () https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/easy-multi-user-lxd-setup/26215/4 - Vendor Advisory
References () https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5536 - () https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5536 - Third Party Advisory
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown 		v2 : unknown
v3 : 6.4
CWE CWE-276
First Time Canonical
Canonical ubuntu Linux
CPE cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

12 Dec 2023, 02:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE
Information

Published : 2023-12-12 02:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 08:41

NVD link : CVE-2023-5536

Mitre link : CVE-2023-5536

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-5536

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Products Affected

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CWE
CWE-276

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