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Unpatched Flaw Affects All Docker Versions, Exploits Ready

posted by martyb on Wednesday May 29 2019, @11:07PM   Printer-friendly
from the what-to-do-now? dept.

Fnord666 writes:

All versions of Docker are currently vulnerable to a race condition that could give an attacker both read and write access to any file on the host system. Proof-of-concept code has been released.

The flaw is similar to CVE-2018-15664 and it offers a window of opportunity for hackers to modify resource paths after resolution but before the assigned program starts operating on the resource. This is known as a time-to-check-time-to-use (TOCTOU) type of bug.

Source:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/unpatched-flaw-affects-all-docker-versions-exploits-ready/

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 30 2019, @06:51PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 30 2019, @06:51PM (#849389)

    Yes, I come to SoylentNews to find new things to Google(tm), like "Docker, Inc" that James the submitter works for the competitor of.

  • (Score: 3, Informative) by janrinok on Friday May 31 2019, @06:48AM

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Friday May 31 2019, @06:48AM (#849673) Journal

    The story was submitted by Fnord666. The original story was written by Ionut Ilascu. Who is James? Who is the competitor of Docker that 'James' works for?

    We have to assume some level of technical knowledge for our community although we often explain novel or unusual techniques when we believe that they will not be understood by a significant proportion of those reading the stories. However, I realise that not everyone can remain fully conversant with all aspects of the topics that we cover and it is sometimes necessary for members of our community to do a little bit of research if there is something that they do not understand. If you had searched for Docker in Google one of the first pages listed is here [docker.com], where it explains exactly what Docker is, what it can do, and how to use it.