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CVE-2016-3697 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (docker.io, runc), 14 status rows across 7 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 5, ignored 3, not-affected 3, released 2, needs-triage 1.
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.