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CVE-2018-20699

Description

From CVE.org

Docker Engine before 18.09 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (dockerd memory consumption) via a large integer in a --cpuset-mems or --cpuset-cpus value, related to daemon/daemon_unix.go, pkg/parsers/parsers.go, and pkg/sysinfo/sysinfo.go.

Statement

This issue affects the versions of docker as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, however if docker is accessible only by root or highly privileged users, as it is by default, a low-privileged attacker will not be able to trigger the flaw.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

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CVSS v3 Score Breakdown

Red HatNVDcve.org
Base Score4.54.9N/A
Attack VectorAdjacent NetworkNetworkN/A
Attack ComplexityLowLowN/A
Privileges RequiredHighHighN/A
User InteractionNoneNoneN/A
ScopeUnchangedUnchangedN/A
ConfidentialityNoneNoneN/A
Integrity ImpactNoneNoneN/A
Availability ImpactHighHighN/A

Vector

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

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

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