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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS USN-7161-2: critical Docker authorization issue

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Calendar Grey February 18, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Recent Docker vulnerabilities in Ubuntu have impacted several versions. To address these security concerns, apply the necessary updates promptly.
Several security issues were fixed in Docker.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Docker.

Software Description:

- docker.io-app: Linux container runtime

- docker.io: Linux container runtime

Details:

USN-7161-1 fixed CVE-2024-29018 in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. This update fixes it

in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

USN-7161-1 fixed CVE-2024-41110 in Ubuntu 24.10, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This updates fixes it in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

 Yair Zak discovered that Docker could unexpectedly forward DNS requests

 from internal networks in an unexpected manner. An attacker could possibly

 use this issue to exfiltrate data by encoding information in DNS queries

 to controlled nameservers. This issue was only addressed in

 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-29018)

 Cory Snider discovered that Docker did not properly handle authorization

 plugin request processing. An attacker could possibly use this issue to

 bypass authorization control...

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   docker.io                       26.1.3-0ubuntu1~22.04.1+esm1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   docker.io                       26.1.3-0ubuntu1~20.04.1+esm1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
   docker.io                       20.10.21-0ubuntu1~18.04.3+esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
   docker.io                       18.09.7-0ubuntu1~16.04.9+esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7161-2

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7161-1

  CVE-2024-29018, CVE-2024-41110

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