Access Restriction Bypass The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package runc  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-RUNC-621410
  • published1 Jun 2016
  • disclosed1 Jun 2016

Introduced: 1 Jun 2016

CVE-2016-3697  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream runc package and not the runc package as distributed by Ubuntu.

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.