Link following in Docker - CVE-2014-6407
Published: December 12, 2014 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32458
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-6407
CWE-ID: CWE-59
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Docker before 1.3.2 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a (1) symlink or (2) hard link attack in an image archive in a (a) pull or (b) load operation.
Affected software
Docker
Amazon Linux AMI
Fedora
docker (Alpine package)
docker-io
Amazon Linux AMI
Fedora
docker (Alpine package)
docker-io
How to mitigate CVE-2014-6407
Install update from vendor's website.
Docker - update to 1.3.2
docker (Alpine package) - update to 1.4.1-r0
docker-io - addressed in versions 1.3.2-2.el6, 1.3.2-2.fc21
docker (Alpine package) - update to 1.4.1-r0
docker-io - addressed in versions 1.3.2-2.el6, 1.3.2-2.fc21
External References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145154.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00009.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60171
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60241
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/24/5
- https://docs.docker.com/v1.3/release-notes/