CVE-2017-16539

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2017-11-03
CWE:
CWE-20
Bugzilla:
1516205: CVE-2017-16539 docker: The DefaultLinuxSpec function does not block /proc/scsi pathnames

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The 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.

Find out more about CVE-2017-16539 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 7.5
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 docker-latest Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 docker Not affected

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