---
cve: "CVE-2017-5985"
severity: "LOW"
cvss: 3.1
epss: "34%"
vendor: "n/a"
kev: false
exploited: false
published: "2017-03-14 17:59:00"
tags: [cve, security, low]
source: tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier
exported: "2026-09-16T06:47:46+02:00"
---

# CVE-2017-5985

> 3.1 LOW · 🧪 PoC

## Beschreibung

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.

## Patch verfügbar (OSV)

- 16af238036a5464ae8f2420ed3af214f0de875f9 (Commit)

## Referenzen

- <https://lists.linuxcontainers.org/pipermail/lxc-devel/2017-March/015535.html>
- <https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/16af238036a5464ae8f2420ed3af214f0de875f9>
- <http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96777>
- <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1654676>
- <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3224-1>
- <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/09/4>
- <http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00073.html>

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_Exportiert aus dem [tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier](https://tsecurity.de/cve?cve=CVE-2017-5985) · Datenquellen: EUVD (ENISA), NVD, OSV, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Exploit-DB, BSI BITS_