UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5985

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2017-5985
Downstream
USN-3224-1
Published: 09 Mar 2017, 16:00
Last modified:22 Apr 2026, 11:28

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
13/100
CVSS Score
3.3 LOW
3.0 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

09 Mar 2017, 16:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
22 Apr 2026, 11:28
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

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•lxc

    < 1.0.9-0ubuntu3 | < 2.0.7-0ubuntu1~16.04.2

References (4)