CVE-2017-5985
Published: 9 March 2017
lxc-user-nic in Linux Containers (LXC) allows local users with a lxc-usernet allocation to create network interfaces on the host and choose the name of those interfaces by leveraging lack of netns ownership check.
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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lxc Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Not vulnerable
(lxc-user-nic doesn't exist)
|
trusty |
Released
(1.0.9-0ubuntu3)
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Released
(2.0.7-0ubuntu1~16.04.2)
|
|
yakkety |
Released
(2.0.7-0ubuntu1~16.10.2)
|
|
Patches: upstream: https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/16af238036a5464ae8f2420ed3af214f0de875f9 |
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 3.3 |
Attack vector | Local |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | Low |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | Low |
Availability impact | None |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |