CVE-2017-5985

low
Published 2017-03-14 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
3.3

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
34%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5985

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://lists.linuxcontainers.org/pipermail/lxc-devel/2017-March/015535.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/16af238036a5464ae8f2420ed3af214f0de875f9

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201705-17

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed1:2.0.8-1
debian debianbookwormfixed1:2.0.7-2
debian debianbullseyefixed1:2.0.7-2
debian debianforkyfixed1:2.0.7-2
debian debiansidfixed1:2.0.7-2
debian debiantrixiefixed1:2.0.7-2

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
linuxcontainerslxc{"endIncluding":"1.0.9"}

References

CWEs

CWE-862

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.