module: github.com/opencontainers/runc
package: github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/user
versions:
  - fixed: v0.1.0
description: |
    GetExecUser in the github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/user package will
    improperly interpret numeric UIDs as usernames. If the method is used without
    verifying that usernames are formatted as expected, it may allow a user to
    gain unexpected privileges.
published: 2021-04-14T20:04:52Z
cves:
  - CVE-2016-3697
ghsas:
  - GHSA-q3j5-32m5-58c2
symbols:
  - GetExecUser
derived_symbols:
  - GetExecUserPath
links:
    pr: https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/pull/708
    commit: https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/69af385de62ea68e2e608335cffbb0f4aa3db091
    context:
      - https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/21436
      - http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1034.html
      - http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2634.html
      - https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-28