CVE-2015-3627 (GCVE-0-2015-3627)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-05-18 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 05:47
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
4 references
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|---|---|
| https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21searchin/dock… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/28 | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-0… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131835/Docke… | x_refsource_MISC |
Date Public
2015-05-07 00:00
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