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FKIE_CVE-2015-3629

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-05-18 15:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:26

Severity

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

Libcontainer 1.6.0, as used in Docker Engine, allows local users to escape containerization ("mount namespace breakout") and write to arbitrary file on the host system via a symlink attack in an image when respawning a container.

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00023.html	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131835/Docker-Privilege-Escalation-Information-Disclosure.html	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/28	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74558	Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21searchin/docker-user/1.6.1/docker-user/47GZrihtr-4/nwgeOOFLexIJ	Permissions Required
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00023.html	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131835/Docker-Privilege-Escalation-Information-Disclosure.html	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/28	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74558	Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21searchin/docker-user/1.6.1/docker-user/47GZrihtr-4/nwgeOOFLexIJ	Permissions Required

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	docker	libcontainer	1.6.0
	opensuse	opensuse	13.2

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  ]
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CVE-2015-3629 (GCVE-0-2015-3629)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-05-18 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 05:47

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

5 references

URL	Tags
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
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74558	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Date Public

2015-05-07 00:00

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