DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3697

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3697
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3697.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3697
Upstream
Published
2016-06-01T20:59:06Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:32Z
Severity
  • 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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / runc

Package

Name
runc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/runc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.1.0+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / runc

Package

Name
runc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/runc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.1.0+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / runc

Package

Name
runc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/runc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.1.0+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / runc

Package

Name
runc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/runc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.1.0+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}