UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3697

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3697

    Published: 1 Jun 2016Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-3697

    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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3697, https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/69af385de62ea68e2e608335cffbb0f4aa3db091, https://github.com/docker/docker/commit/da38ac6c79fe902ed0687afc73d731c95c6d491a, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3697

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: runc

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~rc2+docker1.12.6-0ubuntu1~16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.0.0~rc2+docker1.12.6-0ubuntu1~16.04.1

    Affected versions

    0.0.8+dfsg-2

    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