ubuntu-cve-2017-10600
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-07-11 17:29
Modified
2025-10-24 04:46
Summary
Details

ubuntu-image 1.0 before 2017-07-07, when invoked as non-root, creates files in the resulting image with the uid of the invoking user. When the resulting image is booted, a local attacker with the same uid as the image creator has unintended access to cloud-init and snapd directories.

Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
N/A (UNKNOWN)
high
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "python3-ubuntu-image",
            "binary_version": "1.11+16.04ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ubuntu-image",
            "binary_version": "1.11+16.04ubuntu1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "ubuntu-image",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ubuntu-image@1.11+16.04ubuntu1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.9+16.04ubuntu1",
        "0.11+16.04ubuntu1",
        "0.12+16.04ubuntu1",
        "0.14+16.04ubuntu2",
        "0.15+16.04ubuntu1",
        "1.0+16.04ubuntu1",
        "1.1+16.04ubuntu4",
        "1.3+16.04ubuntu2",
        "1.4+16.04ubuntu2",
        "1.5+16.04ubuntu1",
        "1.6+16.04ubuntu1",
        "1.7+16.04ubuntu1",
        "1.8+16.04ubuntu1",
        "1.9+16.04ubuntu1",
        "1.10+16.04ubuntu1",
        "1.11+16.04ubuntu1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "ubuntu-image 1.0 before 2017-07-07, when invoked as non-root, creates files in the resulting image with the uid of the invoking user. When the resulting image is booted, a local attacker with the same uid as the image creator has unintended access to cloud-init and snapd directories.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10600",
  "modified": "2025-10-24T04:46:23Z",
  "published": "2017-07-11T17:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-10600"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/CanonicalLtd/ubuntu-image/pull/135"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/ownership-bug-in-ubuntu-image/1285/1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10600"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "high",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2017-10600"
  ]
}



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