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Ubuntu 24.10: USN-7161-3 critical: docker unauthorized access

ubuntu
Calendar Grey April 15, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The Docker service on Ubuntu may inadvertently permit network connectivity. There are updates released for multiple versions of Ubuntu.
docker.io could allow unintended access to network services

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.10 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Summary: docker.io could allow unintended access to network services Software Description: - docker.io: reusable Go packages included with Docker Details: USN-7161-1 and USN-7161-2 fixed CVE-2024-41110 for source package docker.io in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and for source package docker.io-app in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 24.10. This update fixes it for source package docker.io in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 24.10. These updates only address the docker library and not the docker.io application itself, which was already patched in the previous USNs (USN-7161-1 and USN-7161-2). Original advisory details:  Yair Zak discovered that Docker could unexpectedly forward DNS requests  from internal networks in an unexpected manner. An attacker ...

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.10   golang-github-docker-docker-dev  26.1.4+dfsg2-1ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS   golang-github-docker-docker-dev  20.10.25+dfsg1-2ubuntu1+esm1                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 22.04 LTS   golang-github-docker-docker-dev  20.10.21-0ubuntu1~22.04.7+esm1                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 20.04 LTS   golang-github-docker-docker-dev  20.10.21-0ubuntu1~20.04.6+esm1                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7161-3

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

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

  CVE-2024-41110

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7161-3

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/docker.io/26.1.4+dfsg2-1ubuntu1.1

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