CVE-2017-5985
N/A
Published: March 14, 2017 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:21 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLxc
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 1.0.92.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.0.6
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00073.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/09/4VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96777Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3224-1x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1654676x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/16af238036a5464ae8f2420ed3af214f0de875f9Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.linuxcontainers.org/pipermail/lxc-devel/2017-March/015535.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-862
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