VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-5985

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.

LOW 3.3EPSS 0.34%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

CVSS 3.0: 3.3 LOWCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS: 0.34% probability · 27th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-862
Affected: linuxcontainers/lxc
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00073.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/09/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96777Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3224-1Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1654676Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/16af238036a5464ae8f2420ed3af214f0de875f9Issue Tracking, Patch
https://lists.linuxcontainers.org/pipermail/lxc-devel/2017-March/015535.htmlVendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00073.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/09/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96777Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3224-1Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1654676Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/16af238036a5464ae8f2420ed3af214f0de875f9Issue Tracking, Patch
https://lists.linuxcontainers.org/pipermail/lxc-devel/2017-March/015535.htmlVendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.