Symlink Attack Affecting github.com/docker/libcontainer package, versions <1.6.1
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0.04% (6th
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMDOCKERLIBCONTAINER-50012
- published 6 Aug 2015
- disclosed 18 May 2015
- credit Tõnis Tiigi
Introduced: 18 May 2015
CVE-2015-3627 Open this link in a new tabOverview
Affected version of github.com/docker/libcontainer are vulnerable to Symlink Attacks.
Libcontainer and Docker Engine before 1.6.1 opens the file-descriptor passed to the pid-1 process before performing the chroot, which allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack in an image.
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