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CVE-2017-5985

low

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.

References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1654676

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3224-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96777

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/09/4

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00073.html

https://lists.linuxcontainers.org/pipermail/lxc-devel/2017-March/015535.html

https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/16af238036a5464ae8f2420ed3af214f0de875f9

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-03-14

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Severity: Low

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0009