CVE-2017-5985 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0009.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:lxc::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:lxc::::::::

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Linuxcontainers Subscribe	Lxc Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
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	USN-3224-1	LXC vulnerability

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-03-14T17:00:00

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

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

Link: CVE-2017-5985

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

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

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

Link: CVE-2017-5985

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-862

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