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ubuntu-cve-2017-5985

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2017-03-09 16:00

Modified

2026-04-22 07:38

Summary

Details

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.

Severity

3.3 (Low)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5985	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3224-1	ADVISORY
	https://lists.linuxcontainers.org/pipermail/lxc-u…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5985	REPORT

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CVE-2017-5985 (GCVE-0-2017-5985)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-03-14 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 15:18

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

7 references

URL	Tags
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https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/16af238036a5464…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96777	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bu…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3224-1	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/09/4	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE

Date Public

2017-03-09 00:00

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usn-3224-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2017-03-09 16:28

Modified

2026-04-22 07:36

Summary

lxc vulnerability

Details

Jann Horn discovered that LXC incorrectly verified permissions when creating virtual network interfaces. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to create virtual network interfaces in network namespaces that they do not own.

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3224-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5985	REPORT

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                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
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                }
              ]
            }
          ],
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        }
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        "availability": "No subscription required",
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            "binary_version": "2.0.7-0ubuntu1~16.04.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "lua-lxc",
            "binary_version": "2.0.7-0ubuntu1~16.04.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "lxc",
            "binary_version": "2.0.7-0ubuntu1~16.04.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "lxc-common",
            "binary_version": "2.0.7-0ubuntu1~16.04.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "lxc-templates",
            "binary_version": "2.0.7-0ubuntu1~16.04.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "lxc-tests",
            "binary_version": "2.0.7-0ubuntu1~16.04.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "lxc1",
            "binary_version": "2.0.7-0ubuntu1~16.04.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python3-lxc",
            "binary_version": "2.0.7-0ubuntu1~16.04.2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "lxc",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/lxc@2.0.7-0ubuntu1~16.04.2?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
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        {
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.1.4-0ubuntu1",
        "1.1.4-0ubuntu1.1",
        "1.1.4-0ubuntu3",
        "1.1.5-0ubuntu1",
        "1.1.5-0ubuntu2",
        "1.1.5-0ubuntu3",
        "1.1.5-0ubuntu4",
        "1.1.5-0ubuntu5",
        "1.1.5-0ubuntu6",
        "2.0.0~beta2-0ubuntu2",
        "2.0.0~rc1-0ubuntu1",
        "2.0.0~rc2-0ubuntu2",
        "2.0.0~rc3-0ubuntu1",
        "2.0.0~rc3-0ubuntu2",
        "2.0.0~rc3-0ubuntu3",
        "2.0.0~rc4-0ubuntu1",
        "2.0.0~rc5-0ubuntu1",
        "2.0.0~rc9-0ubuntu1",
        "2.0.0~rc10-0ubuntu1",
        "2.0.0~rc10-0ubuntu2",
        "2.0.0~rc11-0ubuntu1",
        "2.0.0~rc12-0ubuntu1",
        "2.0.0~rc13-0ubuntu2",
        "2.0.0~rc14-0ubuntu2",
        "2.0.0~rc15-0ubuntu1",
        "2.0.0-0ubuntu1",
        "2.0.0-0ubuntu2",
        "2.0.1-0ubuntu1~16.04.1",
        "2.0.3-0ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.1",
        "2.0.4-0ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.2",
        "2.0.5-0ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.1",
        "2.0.5-0ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.2",
        "2.0.5-0ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.3",
        "2.0.6-0ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.1",
        "2.0.6-0ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.2",
        "2.0.7-0ubuntu1~16.04.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Jann Horn discovered that LXC incorrectly verified permissions when creating\nvirtual network interfaces. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to\ncreate virtual network interfaces in network namespaces that they do not own.\n",
  "id": "USN-3224-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:34Z",
  "published": "2017-03-09T16:28:44Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3224-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5985"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "lxc vulnerability",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5985"
  ]
}

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base model, served locally by ML-Gateway. They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.

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ubuntu-cve-2017-5985

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2017-5985 (GCVE-0-2017-5985)

usn-3224-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Tags

Sightings

Nomenclature