CVE-2014-6407 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

Docker before 1.3.2 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a (1) symlink or (2) hard link attack in an image archive in a (a) pull or (b) load operation.

Docker before 1.3.2 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a (1) symlink or (2) hard link attack in an image archive in a (a) pull or (b) load operation.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

Docker

First reported 10 years ago

2014-12-12 15:59:00

Last updated 10 years ago

2014-12-15 19:36:00

Affected Software

Docker 1.0.0

1.0.0

Docker 1.3.0

1.3.0

References

FEDORA-2014-15779

openSUSE-SU-2014:1596

60171

60241

[oss-security] 20141124 Docker 1.3.2 - Security Advisory [24 Nov 2014]

https://docs.docker.com/v1.3/release-notes/

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