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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: RHSA-2019:0304-01 Critical: Docker Escape Issue

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Calendar Grey February 11, 2019
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An update for docker is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

Docker is an open-source engine that automates the deployment of any application as a lightweight, portable, self-sufficient container that runs virtually anywhere.
Security Fix(es):
* A flaw was found in the way runc handled system file descriptors when running containers. A malicious container could use this flaw to overwrite contents of the runc binary and consequently run arbitrary commands on the container host system. (CVE-2019-5736)
Additional details about this flaw, including mitigation information, can be found in the vulnerability article linked from the Reference section.
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue important linux distribution docker container escape runc flaw

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-5736 https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/runcescape https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras:
Source: docker-1.13.1-91.git07f3374.el7.src.rpm
aarch64: docker-1.13.1-91.git07f3374.el7.aarch64.rpm docker-client-1.13.1-91.git07f3374.el7.aarch64.rpm docker-common-1.13.1-91.git07f3374.el7.aarch64.rpm docker-debuginfo-1.13.1-91.git07f3374.el7.aarch64.rpm docker-logrotate-1.13.1-91.git07f3374.el7.aarch64.rpm docker-lvm-plugin-1.13.1-91.git07f3374.el7.aarch64.rpm docker-novolume-plugin-1.13.1-91.git07f3374.el7.aarch64.rpm docker-rhel-push-plugin-1.13.1-91.git07f3374.el7.aarch64.rpm docker-v1.10-migrator-1.13.1-91.git07f3374.el7.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: docker-1.13.1-91.git07f3374.el7.ppc64le.rpm docker-client-1.13.1-91.git07f3374.el7.ppc64le.rpm docker-common-1.13.1-91.git07f3374.el7.ppc64le.rpm docker-debuginfo-1.13.1-91.git07f3374.el7.ppc64le.rpm docker-logrotate-1.13.1-91.git07f3374.el7.ppc64le.rpm docker-lvm-plugin-1.13.1-91.git07f3374.el7.ppc64le.rpm docker-novolume-plugin-1.13.1-91.git07f3374.el7.ppc64le.rpm docker-rhel-push-plugin-1.13.1-91.git07f3374.el7.ppc64le.rpm docker-v1.10-migrator-1.13.1-91.git07f3374.el7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: docker-1.13.1-91.git07f3374.el7.s390x.rpm docker-client-1.13.1-91.git07f3374.el7.s390x.rpm docker-common-1.13.1-91.git07f3374.el7.s390x.rpm docker-debuginfo-1.13.1-91.git07f3374.el7.s390x.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:0304-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0304
Issue date: 2019-02-11

Topic

An update for docker is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Extras.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue important linux distribution docker container escape runc flaw

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1664908 - CVE-2019-5736 runc: Execution of malicious containers allows for container escape and access to host filesystem

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