CVE-2017-5985

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 5
Modified
Published: 14 Mar 2017, 17:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 15:18

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
13/100
CVSS Score
3.3 LOW
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.09% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

14 Mar 2017, 17:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 15:18
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•LOW•Score: 3.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.09%• Percentile: 26%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-862•Missing Authorization

    The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

Affected Systems

  • linuxcontainers•lxc

    ≤ 1.0.9 | ≥ 2.0.0, ≤ 2.0.6

References (7)