3.3
LOW
CVE-2017-5985
Linux Containers (LXC) lxc-user-nic Local Network Interface Creation
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.

INFO

Published Date :

March 14, 2017, 5:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:28 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

1.4

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-5985 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linuxcontainers lxc

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2017-5985 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-5985 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00073.html
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/09/4
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96777
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3224-1
    Added Reference https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1654676
    Added Reference https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/16af238036a5464ae8f2420ed3af214f0de875f9
    Added Reference https://lists.linuxcontainers.org/pipermail/lxc-devel/2017-March/015535.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-264 CWE-862
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 31, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00073.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 20, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:lxc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.0.9 *cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:lxc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.0.6 OR *cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:lxc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.0.9 *cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:lxc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.0.0 up to (including) 2.0.6
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 30, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/16af238036a5464ae8f2420ed3af214f0de875f9 No Types Assigned https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/16af238036a5464ae8f2420ed3af214f0de875f9 Issue Tracking, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3224-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3224-1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96777 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96777 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/09/4 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/09/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1654676 No Types Assigned https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1654676 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.linuxcontainers.org/pipermail/lxc-devel/2017-March/015535.html No Types Assigned https://lists.linuxcontainers.org/pipermail/lxc-devel/2017-March/015535.html Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-264
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:lxc:1.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:lxc:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.05635

percentile

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