vulnerability
Docker: CVE-2016-3697: Potential privilege escalation via confusion of usernames and UIDs
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | 2016-06-01 | 2017-05-04 | 2017-10-30 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
2016-06-01
Added
2017-05-04
Modified
2017-10-30
Description
libcontainer/user/user.go in runC before 0.1.0, as used in Docker before 1.11.2, improperly treats a numeric UID as a potential username, which allows local users to gain privileges via a numeric username in the password file in a container.
Solution
docker-cve-2016-3697-1
References
- CVE-2016-3697
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-3697
- REDHAT-RHSA-2016:1034
- REDHAT-RHSA-2016:2634
- URL-http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00111.html
- URL-http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1034.html
- URL-http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2634.html
- URL-https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/21436
- URL-https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/69af385de62ea68e2e608335cffbb0f4aa3db091
- URL-https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/pull/708
- URL-https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases/tag/v0.1.0
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