vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2016-3697: ELSA-2016-3568: docker-engine security update (IMPORTANT)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Jun 1, 2016
Added
Jun 1, 2016
Modified
Dec 3, 2025

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.

Solutions

oracle-linux-upgrade-docker-engineoracle-linux-upgrade-docker-engine-selinux
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