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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-3697) ELSA-2016-3568: docker-engine security update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-3697) ELSA-2016-3568: docker-engine security update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
05/20/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/20/2016
Modified
11/23/2022

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(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-docker-engine
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-docker-engine-selinux

References

  • ELSA-2016-3568
  • CVE-2016-3697

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