CVE-2017-5985

Description

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.

Category

3.3
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.09%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory linuxcontainers.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://lists.linuxcontainers.org/pipermail/lxc-devel/2017-March/015535.html vendor advisory mailing list
https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/16af238036a5464ae8f2420ed3af214f0de875f9 patch issue tracking
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96777 third party advisory vdb entry
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1654676 third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3224-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/09/4 third party advisory mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00073.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-5985?
CVE-2017-5985 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-5985?
To fix CVE-2017-5985, 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-2017-5985 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2017-5985 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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