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RHEL 7 : docker-distribution (RHSA-2017:2603)

high Nessus Plugin ID 103039

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

An update for docker-distribution is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link (s) in the References section.

The docker-distribution package provides the tool set to support the Docker Registry version 2.

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version:
docker-distribution (2.6.2). (BZ#1479494)

Security Fix(es) :

* It was found that docker-distribution did not properly restrict memory allocation size for a registry instance through the manifest endpoint. An attacker could send a specially crafted request that would exhaust the memory of the docker-distribution service.
(CVE-2017-11468)

Solution

Update the affected docker-distribution package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2603

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-11468

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 103039

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2017-2603.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/8/2017

Updated: 10/24/2019

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:docker-distribution, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/5/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/20/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11468

RHSA: 2017:2603