CVE-2016-3697

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    CVE-2016-3697

    Published: 1 Jun 2016Last Modified: 27 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00111.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1034.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2634.html, https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/69af385de62ea68e2e608335cffbb0f4aa3db091, https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/pull/708, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-28, https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/21436, https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases/tag/v0.1.0

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    v1.11.1
    v1.11.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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