{
  "threat_severity" : "Moderate",
  "public_date" : "2016-04-22T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "docker: privilege escalation via confusion of usernames and UIDs",
    "id" : "1329450",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1329450"
  },
  "cvss" : {
    "cvss_base_score" : "6.0",
    "cvss_scoring_vector" : "AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "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.", "It was found that Docker would launch containers under the specified UID instead of a username. An attacker able to launch a container could use this flaw to escalate their privileges to root within the launched container." ],
  "acknowledgement" : "This issue was discovered by Mrunal Patel (Red Hat).",
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras",
    "release_date" : "2016-05-12T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2016:1034",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_extras_other:7",
    "package" : "docker-0:1.9.1-40.el7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras",
    "release_date" : "2016-11-03T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2016:2634",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_extras_other:7",
    "package" : "docker-0:1.10.3-57.el7"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "Security",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:3"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3697\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3697" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2016-3697",
  "csaw" : false
}