CVE-2019-15789: Microk8s Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
First published: Fri Aug 09 2019(Updated: )
Privilege escalation vulnerability in MicroK8s allows a low privilege user with local access to obtain root access to the host by provisioning a privileged container. Fixed in MicroK8s 1.15.3.
Credit: security@ubuntu.com security@ubuntu.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Canonical Microk8s | <1.15.3 |
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Reference Links
- https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/explicit-use-of-sudo-in-microk8s-cli/7605
- https://github.com/ubuntu/microk8s/pull/590
- https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2019/CVE-2019-15789.html
- https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/microk8s-privilege-escalation
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15789
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15789
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2019-15789
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-15789
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-15789
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