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CVE-2014-6407 (GCVE-0-2014-6407)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-12-12 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 12:17
VLAI
Summary
Docker before 1.3.2 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a (1) symlink or (2) hard link attack in an image archive in a (a) pull or (b) load operation.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/60241 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/60171 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://docs.docker.com/v1.3/release-notes/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/24/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Date Public
2014-11-24 00:00
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