CVE-2016-3697
Published: 1 June 2016
libcontainer/user/user.go in runC before 0.1.0, as used in Docker before 1.11.2, improperly treats a numeric UID as a potential username, which allows local users to gain privileges via a numeric username in the password file in a container.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| leosilva | debian claims that the code is not present in docker.io. in all the case runc is not affected anyway. |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
docker.io Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected)
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| wily |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| yakkety |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| zesty |
Not vulnerable
|
|
|
runc Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(0.1.0+dfsg-1)
|
|
| wily |
Does not exist
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
(1.0.0~rc2+docker1.12.6-0ubuntu1~16.04.1)
|
|
| yakkety |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| zesty |
Released
(1.0.0~rc2+docker1.12.6-0ubuntu1)
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.8 |
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |