CVE-2016-3697
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 1, 2016 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:46 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsopenSUSEDockerRunc
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00111.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1034.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2634.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/21436x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/69af385de62ea68e2e608335cffbb0f4aa3db091x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/pull/708x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases/tag/v0.1.0Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-28CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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