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.
Published: 2017-03-14
Score: 3.3 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-15054 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3224-1 LXC vulnerability
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Linuxcontainers Lxc
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:18:49.414Z

Reserved: 2017-02-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-5985

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-03-14T17:59:00.183

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-5985

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