CVE-2016-3697

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-3697
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-06-01 20:59:06 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionlibcontainer/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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Docker Docker All All All All
Application Linuxfoundation Runc All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2016:1417-1: moderate: Security update for docker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Release Runc v0.1.0 · opencontainers/runc · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Docker: Privilege escalation (GLSA 201612-28) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
libcontainer: user: always treat numeric ids numerically by cyphar · Pull Request #708 · opencontainers/runc · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Third Party Advisory
Numeric user id passed to --user interpreted as user name if user name is numeric in container /etc/passwd · Issue #21436 · moby/moby · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
libcontainer: user: always treat numeric ids numerically · opencontainers/runc@69af385 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 900005 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for moby-buildx 0.4.1
  • 902967 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for moby-buildx (4419)
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