Executive Summary

Summary
Title Docker: Privilege escalation
Informations
Name GLSA-201612-28 First vendor Publication 2016-12-11
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2016-12-11
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 2.1 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

A vulnerability in Docker could lead to the escalation of privileges.

Background

Docker is the world’s leading software containerization platform.

Description

Docker does not properly distinguish between numeric UIDs and string usernames.

Impact

Local attackers could possibly escalate their privileges.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Docker users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/docker-1.11.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2016-3697 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3697

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-28

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201612-28.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 120
Application 1
Os 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-05-01 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update.
File : EulerOS_SA-2016-1016.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-12 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201612-28.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-11-07 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2016-2634.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-07-14 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2016-6a0d540088.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-07-14 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2016-6ef52e1fc3.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-06-01 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-643.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-05-23 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-3568.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-05-13 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2016-1034.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2016-12-13 13:24:13
  • Multiple Updates
2016-12-12 09:24:16
  • First insertion