Upstream information

CVE-2017-5985 at MITRE

Description

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 2.1
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 3.3
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact None
CVSSv3 Version 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1028264 [IN_PROGRESS]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • liblxc-devel >= 4.0.9-1.1
  • liblxc1 >= 4.0.9-1.1
  • lxc >= 4.0.9-1.1
  • lxc-bash-completion >= 4.0.9-1.1
  • pam_cgfs >= 4.0.9-1.1
Patchnames:
openSUSE Tumbleweed GA liblxc-devel-4.0.9-1.1


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 lxc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 lxc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS lxc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 lxc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS lxc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 lxc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 lxc Not affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Mar 7 11:30:40 2017
CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 17:13:13 2023