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Fedora 24 : 2:docker-latest (2017-c2c2d1be16)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 96678

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Fix CVE-2016-9962 - Insecure opening of file-descriptor allows privilege escalation

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built docker @projectatomic/docker-1.12 commit 6009905

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built docker @projectatomic/docker-1.12 commit 97974ae

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built docker @projectatomic/docker-1.12 commit 7b5044b

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected 2:docker-latest package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-c2c2d1be16

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 96678

File Name: fedora_2017-c2c2d1be16.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/23/2017

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:2:docker-latest, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:24

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/20/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/31/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9962