PT-2017-16808 · Linux+3 · Lxc+3

Jann Horn

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Published

2015-03-12

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Updated

2024-06-15

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CVE-2017-5985

CVSS v3.1

3.3

Low

VectorAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux Containers (LXC) (affected versions not specified)
Description The issue allows local users with a lxc-usernet allocation to create network interfaces on the host and choose the name of those interfaces. This is possible due to a lack of netns ownership check in the lxc-user-nic component.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Missing Authorization

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2015-1277
ALT-PU-2017-1278
CVE-2017-5985
MGASA-2017-0167
OPENSUSE-SU-2019_1481-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11030-1
USN-3224-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux
Lxc
Suse
Ubuntu