CVE-2014-8179

Published: Dec 4, 2019Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-20

7.5HIGH

NVD MITRE

Description

Docker Engine before 1.8.3 and CS Docker Engine before 1.6.2-CS7 does not properly validate and extract the manifest object from its JSON representation during a pull, which allows attackers to inject new attributes in a JSON object and bypass pull-by-digest validation.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:HIntegrity

High

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected Products

Docker

commercial·US

Docker EngineOn-premDev Tool

Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration

CS Docker EngineOn-prem

Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration

cs engineOn-prem

Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration

opensuse

oss-project·DE

opensuseOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

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Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

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References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00036.html

lists.opensuse.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00014.html

lists.opensuse.org

https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/docker-dev/bWVVtLNbFy8/UaefOqMOCAAJ

groups.google.com

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