CVE-2017-5985 Missing authorization in n/a

What is CVE-2017-5985?

CVE-2017-5985 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Mar 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5985?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linuxcontainers Lxc.

How do I fix CVE-2017-5985?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2017-5985 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5985 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2016-8649 Path traversal in LXC before 1.0.9 and 2.x before 2.0.6 Critical 9.1
• CVE-2016-10124 Privilege escalation in n/a High 8.6
• CVE-2017-18641 Supply chain in n/a High 8.1
• CVE-2013-6441 Privilege escalation in n/a High 7.2
• CVE-2015-1331 Path traversal in n/a Medium 4.9

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5985, GHSA-wxh2-mqg8-qff6, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5985, USN-3224-1.