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DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3627

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 use...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 docker.io

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.6.1+dfsg1-1"}]}]

Debian:13 docker.io

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.6.1+dfsg1-1"}]}]

Debian:14 docker.io

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.6.1+dfsg1-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org