Missing Authorization Affecting lxc package, versions <1:1.0.6-6+deb8u6
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-LXC-385848
- published 14 Mar 2017
- disclosed 14 Mar 2017
Introduced: 14 Mar 2017
CVE-2017-5985 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8 lxc to version 1:1.0.6-6+deb8u6 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream lxc package and not the lxc package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5985
- 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
- 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://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-5985
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3224-1