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RHEL 7 : docker (RHSA-2019:1910)
high Nessus Plugin ID 127627
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for docker.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2019:1910 advisory.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):
* docker: symlink-exchange race attacks in docker cp (CVE-2018-15664)
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.
Bug Fix(es):
* slowness of system shutdown when containers are being stopped - dockerd is unable to communicate with rhel-push-plugin (BZ#1714032)
* journald Log() in dockerd causes nil pointer dereference when PutMessage() is called before reading msg.Source (BZ#1720363)
* regression: docker cp: Rel: can't make /..../a relative to a (BZ#1723491)
* Regression: docker cp: can no longer pull image files (BZ#1727488)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL docker package based on the guidance in RHSA-2019:1910.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?0c52239a
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1910
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 127627
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-1910.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 8/12/2019
Updated: 11/6/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.3
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.2
Temporal Score: 4.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-15664
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:docker, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:docker-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:docker-client, 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-logrotate, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:docker-v1.10-migrator
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: 7/29/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/23/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-15664