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CVE-2016-3697 Privilege Elevation in runc

HighCVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.39%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

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.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
opencontainers runc(Go) < 0.1.0 0.1.0
debian/runc(Debian:12) < 0.1.0+dfsg-1 0.1.0+dfsg-1
debian/runc(Debian:13) < 0.1.0+dfsg-1 0.1.0+dfsg-1
debian/runc(Debian:14) < 0.1.0+dfsg-1 0.1.0+dfsg-1
docker github.com/docker/docker <= 1.11.1 No fix listed
linuxfoundation runc <= 0.0.9 No fix listed
opensuse = 13.2 No fix listed

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