CVE-2017-14992

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-14992
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-11-01 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionLack of content verification in Docker-CE (Also known as Moby) versions 1.12.6-0, 1.10.3, 17.03.0, 17.03.1, 17.03.2, 17.06.0, 17.06.1, 17.06.2, 17.09.0, and earlier allows a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service via a crafted image layer payload, aka gzip bombing.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 6.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Docker Docker 1.12.6-0 All All All
Application Docker Docker 17.03.0 All All All
Application Docker Docker 17.03.1 All All All
Application Docker Docker 17.03.2 All All All
Application Docker Docker 17.06.0 All All All
Application Docker Docker 17.06.1 All All All
Application Docker Docker 17.06.2 All All All
Application Docker Docker 17.09.0 All All All
Application Docker Docker All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
tar-split does not read block by block nor validate tar headers · Issue #35075 · moby/moby · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking
Discovering Docker CVE-2017-14992 – Dynamite fishing for Moby af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.cloudpassage.com Third Party Advisory, URL Repurposed
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 353052 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for docker : ALAS2NITRO-ENCLAVES-2021-006
  • 353065 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for docker : ALAS2DOCKER-2021-006
  • 900005 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for moby-buildx 0.4.1
  • 903652 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for moby-buildx (4420)
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