CVE-2017-5985 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00073.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/09/4 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96777 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3224-1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1654676 https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/16af238036a5464ae8f2420ed3af214f0de875f9 https://lists.linuxcontainers.org/pipermail/lxc-devel/2017-March/015535.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

LOW

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

3.3