Description
RunC allowed additional container processes via 'runc exec' to be ptraced by the pid 1 of the container. This allows the main processes of the container, if running as root, to gain access to file-descriptors of these new processes during the initialization and can lead to container escapes or modification of runC state before the process is fully placed inside the container.
Metrics
CVSS 3.0 6.4/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0116.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0123.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0127.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/21Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/29Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540001/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95361Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/cve-2016-9962Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1012568#c6Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/docker/docker/releases/tag/v1.12.6Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/50a19c6ff828c58e5dab13830bd3dacde268afe5Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BQAXJMMLRU7DD2IMG47SR2K4BOFFG7FZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FINGBFMIXBG6B6ZWYH3TMRP5V3PDBNXR/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UVM7FCOQMPKOFLDTUYSS4ES76DDM56VP/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WUQ3MQNEL5IBZZLMLR72Q4YDCL2SCKRK/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-34Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0116.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0123.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0127.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/21Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/29Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540001/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95361Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/cve-2016-9962Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1012568#c6Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/docker/docker/releases/tag/v1.12.6Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/50a19c6ff828c58e5dab13830bd3dacde268afe5Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BQAXJMMLRU7DD2IMG47SR2K4BOFFG7FZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FINGBFMIXBG6B6ZWYH3TMRP5V3PDBNXR/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UVM7FCOQMPKOFLDTUYSS4ES76DDM56VP/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WUQ3MQNEL5IBZZLMLR72Q4YDCL2SCKRK/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-34Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Jan 31, 2017
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified