Directory Traversal Affecting docker-selinux package, versions <0:1.6.2-14.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-DOCKERSELINUX-4987420
  • published27 Mar 2023
  • disclosed7 May 2015

Introduced: 7 May 2015

CVE-2015-3627  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 docker-selinux to version 0:1.6.2-14.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHBA-2015:1167.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream docker-selinux package and not the docker-selinux package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1