CVE-2016-9962

Description

RunC allowed additional container processes via 'runc exec' to be ptraced by the pid 1 of the container. This allows the main processes of the container, if running as root, to gain access to file-descriptors of these new processes during the initialization and can lead to container escapes or modification of runC state before the process is fully placed inside the container.

Category

6.4
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.21%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory github.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95361 vdb entry third party advisory
https://github.com/docker/docker/releases/tag/v1.12.6 vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0116.html vendor advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/29 third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WUQ3MQNEL5IBZZLMLR72Q4YDCL2SCKRK/ vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1012568#c6 issue tracking
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-34 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0123.html vendor advisory
https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/50a19c6ff828c58e5dab13830bd3dacde268afe5 third party advisory patch
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0127.html vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FINGBFMIXBG6B6ZWYH3TMRP5V3PDBNXR/ vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/cve-2016-9962 third party advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BQAXJMMLRU7DD2IMG47SR2K4BOFFG7FZ/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UVM7FCOQMPKOFLDTUYSS4ES76DDM56VP/ vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540001/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/21 third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-9962?
CVE-2016-9962 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-9962?
To fix CVE-2016-9962, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-9962 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2016-9962 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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