CVE-2016-9962

CVE Details

Release Date:	2017-01-11
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

Race condition in Docker Engine before 1.12.6 might allow local rootusers in a container to gain privileges by using ptrace to access file-descriptors of a process launched or moved into the container from another namespace, aka an on-entry

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	6.0
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	Single
Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (docker-engine)	ELSA-2017-3511	2017-01-13
Oracle Linux version 7 (docker-engine)	ELSA-2017-3511	2017-01-13
Oracle Linux version 7 (docker-engine-selinux)	ELSA-2017-3511	2017-01-13