CVE-2017-16539

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-16539
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-11-04 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2017-11-27 15:55:00 UTC
DescriptionThe DefaultLinuxSpec function in oci/defaults.go in Docker Moby through 17.03.2-ce does not block /proc/scsi pathnames, which allows attackers to trigger data loss (when certain older Linux kernels are used) by leveraging Docker container access to write a "scsi remove-single-device" line to /proc/scsi/scsi, aka SCSI MICDROP.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mobyproject Moby All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Add /proc/scsi to masked paths by justincormack · Pull Request #35399 · moby/moby · GitHub MISC github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Add /proc/scsi to masked paths by justincormack · Pull Request #35399 · moby/moby · GitHub MISC github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Erica Windisch na Twitterze: "The hashtag is #scsimicdrop and the logo is https://t.co/uMWvpqmn51… " MISC twitter.com Third Party Advisory
'[PATCH v3] scsi: require CAP_SYS_ADMIN to write to procfs interface' - MARC MISC marc.info Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
'Re: [PATCH v3] scsi: require CAP_SYS_ADMIN to write to procfs interface' - MARC MISC marc.info Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
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