Security Advisory

CVE-2018-6553

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2018-08-10 15:00:00
Last updated 2024-09-16 19:51:16
Assigner canonical
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

Description

The CUPS AppArmor profile incorrectly confined the dnssd backend due to use of hard links. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escape confinement. This flaw affects versions prior to 2.2.7-1ubuntu2.1 in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, prior to 2.2.4-7ubuntu3.1 in Ubuntu 17.10, prior to 2.1.3-4ubuntu0.5 in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and prior to 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.10 in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.