GHSA-g7v2-2qxx-wjrw
Symlink Attack in Libcontainer and Docker Engine
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2015-3627
- Aliases
- GO-2022-0649
Description
Libcontainer and Docker Engine before 1.6.1 opens the file-descriptor passed to the pid-1 process before performing the chroot, which allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack in an image.
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| Go · github.com/docker/docker | introduced 0, fixed 1.6.1 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3627 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/docker/docker/commit/d5ebb60bddbabea0439213501f4f6ed494b23cba WEB
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/docker-user/1.6.1/docker-user/47GZrihtr-4/nwgeOOFLexIJ WEB
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21searchin/docker-user/1.6.1/docker-user/47GZrihtr-4/nwgeOOFLexIJ WEB
- https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00023.html WEB
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131835/Docker-Privilege-Escalation-Information-Disclosure.html WEB
- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/28 WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |