Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Mesos - CVE-2019-0204
Published: November 19, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22831
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-0204
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a specifically crafted Docker image running under the root user can overwrite the init helper binary of the container runtime and/or the command executor in Apache Mesos. A remote attacker can attacker can gain root-level privileges on the host.
Affected software
Mesos
Fuse
Netcool Operations Insight
Fuse
Netcool Operations Insight
How to mitigate CVE-2019-0204
Install updates from vendor's website.
Mesos - addressed in versions 1.4.3, 1.5.3, 1.6.2, 1.7.2
Fuse - update to 7.5.0
Netcool Operations Insight - update to 1.6.8
Fuse - update to 7.5.0
Netcool Operations Insight - update to 1.6.8