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CVE-2014-8179

Published: 17 December 2019

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
tyhicks
Most likely to occur when interacting with maliciously crafted docker
images
Significant refactoring of the code between Trusty and Vivid

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
docker.io
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [code not present])
upstream
Released (1.8.3)
wily Ignored
(end of life)
xenial
Released (1.10.3-0ubuntu6)
yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty
Released (1.12.6-0ubuntu4)
vivid Ignored
(end of life)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/NathanMcCauley/docker/commit/56d463690f833baf3ea5f1599715070f649e7aca (1.8.3)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N