SB2019031323 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras update for docker

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SB2019031323 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras update for docker

Published: March 13, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019031323
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Adjecent network
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20699)

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker on the local network to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker on the local network can cause a denial of service (dockerd memory consumption) via a large integer in a --cpuset-mems or --cpuset-cpus value, related to daemon/daemon_unix.go, pkg/parsers/parsers.go, and pkg/sysinfo/sysinfo.go.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References