CVE-2016-9962
Information Exposure in RunC in github.com/opencontainers/runc
6.4
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.08%
Description
RunC allowed additional container processes via 'runc exec' to be ptraced by the pid 1 of the container. This allows the main processes of the container, if running as root, to gain access to file-descriptors of these new processes during the initialization and can lead to container escapes or modification of runC state before the process is fully placed inside the container.
How to fix CVE-2016-9962
To remediate CVE-2016-9962, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.13.1~ds1-2 or later
- —upgrade to 0.1.1+dfsg1-2 or later
- —upgrade to 1.0.0-rc3 or later
- —upgrade to 1.0.0-rc3 or later
Is CVE-2016-9962 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 1.13.1~ds1-2
- from 0, < 0.1.1+dfsg1-2
- from 0, < 1.0.0-rc3
- from 0, < 1.0.0-rc3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |