CVE-2014-6408

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2014-11-24
Bugzilla:
1167506: CVE-2014-6408 docker: potential container escalation

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Docker 1.3.0 through 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to modify the default run profile of image containers and possibly bypass the container by applying unspecified security options to an image.

Find out more about CVE-2014-6408 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue did not affect the version of Docker as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

The next current release of Docker is < 1.30 and the next release will be based off of 1.3.2 or greater.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 3.7
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:H/Au:M/C:N/I:C/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
Authentication Multiple
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact None

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 docker Not affected

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the Docker project for reporting this issue.

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