CVE-2016-3697
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3697
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-3697.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-3697
- Aliases
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-06-01T20:59:06Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-10T00:31:00.445863Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- 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
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00111.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1034.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2634.html
- https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/21436
- https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/69af385de62ea68e2e608335cffbb0f4aa3db091
- https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/pull/708
- https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases/tag/v0.1.0
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-28
Affected packages
Git / github.com/docker/docker
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/docker/docker
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affected
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/opencontainers/runc
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixedFixed