| Name | CVE-2016-3697 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| docker.io (PTS) | bullseye | 20.10.5+dfsg1-1+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 20.10.5+dfsg1-1+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bookworm | 20.10.24+dfsg1-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 26.1.5+dfsg1-4 | fixed |
| runc (PTS) | bullseye | 1.0.0~rc93+ds1-5+deb11u5 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1.0.0~rc93+ds1-5+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 1.1.5+ds1-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.1.15+ds1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| docker.io | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
| runc | source | (unstable) | 0.1.0+dfsg-1 | | | |
Notes
- docker.io <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
Affected file not present, but docker.io probably needs to be rebuild with fixed runc
https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/69af385de62ea68e2e608335cffbb0f4aa3db091 (runc, v0.1.0)
https://github.com/docker/docker/commit/da38ac6c79fe902ed0687afc73d731c95c6d491a (docker)