Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Log Files in Docker Engine - CVE-2019-13509

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Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Log Files in Docker Engine - CVE-2019-13509

Published: July 26, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU19390
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13509
CWE-ID: CWE-532
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to access sensitive information on a targeted system.

The vulnerability exists due to the software can add secrets to the debug log when the "docker stack deploy" command is used while running in debug mode to redeploy a stack which includes non-external secrets. A local authenticated attacker can gain access to sensitive information, such as secrets in the log files on a targeted system.

Affected software

Docker Engine
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
Opensuse
Fedora
docker.io (Debian package)
docker (Alpine package)
docker

How to mitigate CVE-2019-13509

Install updates from vendor's website.

Docker Engine - update to 18.09.8
docker.io (Debian package) - update to 18.09.1+dfsg1-7.1+deb10u1
docker (Alpine package) - update to 18.09.8-r0
docker - addressed in versions 1.13.1-68.git47e2230.fc29, 1.13.1-68.git47e2230.fc30

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