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GHSA-M3HQ-QCC9-75F6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 16:45 – Updated: 2022-05-24 16:45

Details

Versions of the Official Alpine Linux Docker images (since v3.3) contain a NULL password for the root user. This vulnerability appears to be the result of a regression introduced in December of 2015. Due to the nature of this issue, systems deployed using affected versions of the Alpine Linux container which utilize Linux PAM, or some other mechanism which uses the system shadow file as an authentication database, may accept a NULL password for the root user.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2019-5021 (GCVE-0-2019-5021)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-05-08 16:52 – Updated: 2024-08-04 19:40

Summary

Versions of the Official Alpine Linux Docker images (since v3.3) contain a NULL password for the `root` user. This vulnerability appears to be the result of a regression introduced in December of 2015. Due to the nature of this issue, systems deployed using affected versions of the Alpine Linux container which utilize Linux PAM, or some other mechanism which uses the system shadow file as an authentication database, may accept a NULL password for the `root` user.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-258 - Empty Password in Configuration File

Assigner

talos mitre root

References

6 references

URL	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108288	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_repor…	x_refsource_MISC
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2019051…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://alpinelinux.org/posts/Docker-image-vulner…	x_refsource_MISC
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K25551452	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	Alpine Linux	Affected: Alpine Docker 3.3 Alpine Docker 3.4 Alpine Docker 3.5 Alpine Docker 3.6 Alpine Docker 3.7 Alpine Docker 3.8 Alpine Docker 3.9 Alpine Docker Edge

Date Public

2019-05-08 00:00

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