CVE-2017-5985
3.3
LOW
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.09%
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-5985
To remediate CVE-2017-5985, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/lxc—upgrade to 1:2.0.7-2 or later
Is CVE-2017-5985 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1:2.0.7-2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | LOW3.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |