Ubuntu Security Notice 4048-1 - Aleksa Sarai discovered that Docker was vulnerable to a directory traversal attack. An attacker could use this vulnerability to read and write arbitrary files on the host filesystem as root.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4048-1
July 08, 2019
Docker vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary:
Docker could be made to overwrite files as the administrator.
Software Description:
- docker.io: Linux container runtime
Details:
Aleksa Sarai discovered that Docker was vulnerable to a directory traversal
attack. An attacker could use this vulnerability to read and write arbitrary
files on the host filesystem as root.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 19.04:
docker.io 18.09.7-0ubuntu1~19.04.4
Ubuntu 18.10:
docker.io 18.09.7-0ubuntu1~18.10.3
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
docker.io 18.09.7-0ubuntu1~18.04.3
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
docker.io 18.09.7-0ubuntu1~16.04.4
This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4048-1
CVE-2018-15664, CVE-2019-5736
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/docker.io/18.09.7-0ubuntu1~19.04.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/docker.io/18.09.7-0ubuntu1~18.10.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/docker.io/18.09.7-0ubuntu1~18.04.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/docker.io/18.09.7-0ubuntu1~16.04.4