CVE-2015-1843
Description
It was found that the fix for the CVE-2014-5277 issue was incomplete: the docker client could under certain circumstances erroneously fall back to HTTP when an HTTPS connection to a registry failed. This could allow a man-in-the-middle attacker to obtain authentication and image data from traffic sent from a client to the registry.
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
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CVSS v2 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 5.1 | 4.3 | N/A |
| Attack Vector | Network | Network | N/A |
| Access Complexity | High | Medium | N/A |
| Authentication | None | None | N/A |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial | None | N/A |
| Integrity Impact | Partial | Partial | N/A |
| Availability Impact | Partial | None | N/A |
Vector
Red Hat: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Access Control
Technical Impact: Bypass Protection Mechanism
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank Eric Windisch (Docker Inc.) for reporting this issue.
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