CVE-2016-3697 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00111.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1034.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2634.html https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/21436 https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/69af385de62ea68e2e608335cffbb0f4aa3db091 https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/pull/708 https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases/tag/v0.1.0 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-28

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8