Missing Authorization Affecting lxc package, versions <1.0.9-0ubuntu3


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-LXC-385851
  • published14 Mar 2017
  • disclosed14 Mar 2017

Introduced: 14 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-5985  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-862  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 lxc to version 1.0.9-0ubuntu3 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 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.