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RHEL 7 : docker (RHSA-2019:0304)

high Nessus Plugin ID 122111

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

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

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. 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.

Docker is an open source engine that automates the deployment of any application as a lightweight, portable, self-sufficient container that runs virtually anywhere.

Security Fix(es) :

* A flaw was found in the way runc handled system file descriptors when running containers. A malicious container could use this flaw to overwrite contents of the runc binary and consequently run arbitrary commands on the container host system. (CVE-2019-5736)

Additional details about this flaw, including mitigation information, can be found in the vulnerability article linked from the Reference section.

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/runcescape

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0304

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-5736

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 122111

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-0304.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/12/2019

Updated: 2/1/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 10.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-5736

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:docker, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:docker-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:docker-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:docker-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:docker-logrotate, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:docker-lvm-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:docker-novolume-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:docker-rhel-push-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:docker-v1.10-migrator, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/11/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/11/2019

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Docker Container Escape Via runC Overwrite)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-5736

RHSA: 2019:0304