CVE-2017-5985

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Low 3.3
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-5985
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-03-14T17:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-03T00:03:26
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-862 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:lxc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.0.9
cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:lxc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.0.0 2.0.6
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 2.1
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 3.3
  • Base Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 1.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://lists.linuxcontainers.org/pipermail/lxc-devel/2017-March/015535.html Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/16af238036a5464ae8f2420ed3af214f0de875f9 Issue Tracking Patch
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1654676 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3224-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96777 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/09/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00073.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5985
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5985
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:27:28 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 14:39:44 2017-03-14T17:59Z 2017-03-14T17:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 14:39:44 2019-10-03T00:03:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 14:39:44 Modified Vulnerability Status updated