CVE-2015-3629

Summary

CVECVE-2015-3629
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-05-18 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2024-02-02 02:07:00 UTC
DescriptionLibcontainer 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Docker Libcontainer 1.6.0 All All All
Application Docker Libcontainer 1.6.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
openSUSE-SU-2015:0905-1: moderate: Security update for docker SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Google Grupper groups.google.com
Full Disclosure: Docker 1.6.1 - Security Advisory [150507] FULLDISC seclists.org
Docker Privilege Escalation / Information Disclosure ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
Google Grupper CONFIRM groups.google.com
Libcontainer and Docker CVE-2015-3629 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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