CVE-2014-8179 (GCVE-0-2014-8179)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-12-04 15:10 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:10
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Summary
Docker Engine before 1.8.3 and CS Docker Engine before 1.6.2-CS7 does not properly validate and extract the manifest object from its JSON representation during a pull, which allows attackers to inject new attributes in a JSON object and bypass pull-by-digest validation.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CWE
- Other
Assigner
References
6 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-1… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/docker-de… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/docker/docker/blob/master/CHAN… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://blog.docker.com/2015/10/security-release-… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.docker.com/legal/docker-cve-database | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Docker | Docker Engine |
Affected:
before 1.8.3
|
guessed | |
| Docker | CS Docker Engine |
Affected:
before 1.6.2-CS7
|
guessed |
Date Public
2015-10-12 00:00
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