Low severity3.3NVD Advisory· Published Mar 14, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-5985
CVE-2017-5985
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.
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References
7- github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/16af238036a5464ae8f2420ed3af214f0de875f9nvdIssue TrackingPatch
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/09/4nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/96777nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3224-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1654676nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.linuxcontainers.org/pipermail/lxc-devel/2017-March/015535.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00073.htmlnvd
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