cve-2017-5985
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-03-14 17:00
Modified
2024-08-05 15:18
Severity ?
Summary
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
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00073.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/09/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96777Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3224-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1654676Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/16af238036a5464ae8f2420ed3af214f0de875f9Issue Tracking, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.linuxcontainers.org/pipermail/lxc-devel/2017-March/015535.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00073.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/09/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96777Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3224-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1654676Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/16af238036a5464ae8f2420ed3af214f0de875f9Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.linuxcontainers.org/pipermail/lxc-devel/2017-March/015535.htmlVendor Advisory
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