CVE-2016-3697

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3697
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-3697.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-3697
Aliases
Downstream
Related
Published
2016-06-01T20:59:06.137Z
Modified
2025-12-06T13:53:48.949394Z
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

Git / github.com/docker/docker

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/docker/docker
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-3697.json"

Git / github.com/opencontainers/runc

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/opencontainers/runc
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
69af385de62ea68e2e608335cffbb0f4aa3db091
Fixed
8e129e097220b2591edd59957c4ff08e064e14b9

Affected versions

v0.*

v0.0.1
v0.0.2
v0.0.3
v0.0.4
v0.0.5
v0.0.6
v0.0.7
v0.0.8
v0.0.9

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-3697.json"