ubuntu-cve-2016-3697
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2016-06-01 20:59
Modified
2025-07-16 04:51
Summary
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.

Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "golang-github-opencontainers-runc-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.0.0~rc2+docker1.12.6-0ubuntu1~16.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "runc",
            "binary_version": "1.0.0~rc2+docker1.12.6-0ubuntu1~16.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "runc-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.0.0~rc2+docker1.12.6-0ubuntu1~16.04.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "runc",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/runc@1.0.0~rc2+docker1.12.6-0ubuntu1~16.04.1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.0.0~rc2+docker1.12.6-0ubuntu1~16.04.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.0.8+dfsg-2",
        "0.1.1-0ubuntu5~16.04",
        "1.0.0~rc1-0ubuntu1~16.04",
        "1.0.0~rc1-0ubuntu2~16.04.1",
        "1.0.0~rc1-0ubuntu2~16.04.1.1",
        "1.0.0~rc2-0ubuntu2~16.04.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3697",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:51:15Z",
  "published": "2016-06-01T20:59:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3697"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/69af385de62ea68e2e608335cffbb0f4aa3db091"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/docker/docker/commit/da38ac6c79fe902ed0687afc73d731c95c6d491a"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3697"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2016-3697"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:43:28Z"
}



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