CVE-2018-12608

Summary

CVECVE-2018-12608
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-09-10 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-11-19 16:29:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in Docker Moby before 17.06.0. The Docker engine validated a client TLS certificate using both the configured client CA root certificate and all system roots on non-Windows systems. This allowed a client with any domain validated certificate signed by a system-trusted root CA (as opposed to one signed by the configured CA root certificate) to authenticate.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-295

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mobyproject Moby All All All All
Application Mobyproject Moby All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Use exclusive root pools if a CA cert file is specified in the daemon by cyli · Pull Request #33182 · moby/moby · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 375789 Docker Moby Docker Engine Improper Certificate Validation Vulnerability
  • 997030 GO (Go) Security Update for github.com/moby/moby (GHSA-qrqr-3x5j-2xw9)
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