Docker Engine before 18.09 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (dockerd memory consumption) via a large integer in a --cpuset-mems or --cpuset-cpus value, related to daemon/daemon_unix.go, pkg/parsers/parsers.go, and pkg/sysinfo/sysinfo.go.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:03545-1 advisory.

    Note this update contains a already fixed references mostly.

    - Remove git-core recommends on SLE to avoid pulling it in unnecessary. (bsc#1250508)

      This feature is mostly intended for developers ('docker build git://') so       most users already have the dependency installed, and the error when git is       missing is fairly straightforward (so they can easily figure out what they       need to install).

    - Include historical changelog data from before the docker-stable fork. The       initial changelog entry did technically provide all the necessary       information, but our CVE tracking tools do not understand how the package is       forked and so it seems that this package does not include fixes for ~12 years       of updates. So, include a copy of the original package's changelog up until       the fork point. bsc#1250596

    - Update to docker-buildx v0.25.0. Upstream changelog:
      <https://github.com/docker/buildx/releases/tag/v0.25.0>

    - Update to Go 1.23 for building now that upstream has switched their 23.0.x       LTSS to use Go 1.23.

    - Do not try to inject SUSEConnect secrets when in Rootless Docker mode, as       Docker does not have permission to access the host zypper credentials in this       mode (and unprivileged users cannot disable the feature using       /etc/docker/suse-secrets-enable.) bsc#1240150

    - Initial docker-stable fork, forked from Docker 24.0.7-ce release       (packaged on 2024-02-14). The original changelog is included below for       historical reference.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:03540-1 advisory.

    - Include historical changelog data from before the docker-stable fork. The       initial changelog entry did technically provide all the necessary       information, but our CVE tracking tools do not understand how the package is       forked and so it seems that this package does not include fixes for ~12 years       of updates. So, include a copy of the original package's changelog up until       the fork point. (bsc#1250596)

    - Remove git-core recommends on SLE. Most SLE systems have       installRecommends=yes by default and thus end up installing git with Docker.
      bsc#1250508

      This feature is mostly intended for developers ('docker build git://') so       most users already have the dependency installed, and the error when git is       missing is fairly straightforward (so they can easily figure out what they       need to install).

    - Backport <https://github.com/moby/moby/pull/48517>. bsc#1247362

    - Update to docker-buildx v0.25.0. Upstream changelog:
      <https://github.com/docker/buildx/releases/tag/v0.25.0>

    - Do not try to inject SUSEConnect secrets when in Rootless Docker mode, as       Docker does not have permission to access the host zypper credentials in this       mode (and unprivileged users cannot disable the feature using       /etc/docker/suse-secrets-enable.) bsc#1240150

    - Initial docker-stable fork, forked from Docker 24.0.7-ce release       (packaged on 2024-02-14). The original changelog is included below for       historical reference.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 6.06, has docker-ce packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - runc through 1.0-rc6, as used in Docker before 18.09.2 and other products, allows attackers to overwrite     the host runc binary (and consequently obtain host root access) by leveraging the ability to execute a     command as root within one of these types of containers: (1) a new container with an attacker-controlled     image, or (2) an existing container, to which the attacker previously had write access, that can be     attached with docker exec. This occurs because of file-descriptor mishandling, related to /proc/self/exe.
    (CVE-2019-5736)

  - Lack of content verification in Docker-CE (Also known as Moby) versions 1.12.6-0, 1.10.3, 17.03.0,     17.03.1, 17.03.2, 17.06.0, 17.06.1, 17.06.2, 17.09.0, and earlier allows a remote attacker to cause a     Denial of Service via a crafted image layer payload, aka gzip bombing. (CVE-2017-14992)

  - The DefaultLinuxSpec function in oci/defaults.go in Docker Moby through 17.03.2-ce does not block     /proc/scsi pathnames, which allows attackers to trigger data loss (when certain older Linux kernels are     used) by leveraging Docker container access to write a scsi remove-single-device line to     /proc/scsi/scsi, aka SCSI MICDROP. (CVE-2017-16539)

  - libseccomp-golang 0.9.0 and earlier incorrectly generates BPFs that OR multiple arguments rather than     ANDing them. A process running under a restrictive seccomp filter that specified multiple syscall     arguments could bypass intended access restrictions by specifying a single matching argument.
    (CVE-2017-18367)

  - The default OCI linux spec in oci/defaults{_linux}.go in Docker/Moby from 1.11 to current does not block     /proc/acpi pathnames. The flaw allows an attacker to modify host's hardware like enabling/disabling     bluetooth or turning up/down keyboard brightness. (CVE-2018-10892)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

An update of the telegraf package has been released.

An update of the kapacitor package has been released.

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2019-4597 advisory.

    [18.03.1.ol-0.0.14]
    - rebuild

    [18.03.1.ol-0.0.13]
    - update for CVE-2018-20699

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2019-4598 advisory.

  - Docker Engine before 18.09 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (dockerd memory consumption) via     a large integer in a --cpuset-mems or --cpuset-cpus value, related to daemon/daemon_unix.go,     pkg/parsers/parsers.go, and pkg/sysinfo/sysinfo.go. (CVE-2018-20699)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05, has docker-ce packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - Lack of content verification in Docker-CE (Also known as Moby) versions 1.12.6-0, 1.10.3, 17.03.0,     17.03.1, 17.03.2, 17.06.0, 17.06.1, 17.06.2, 17.09.0, and earlier allows a remote attacker to cause a     Denial of Service via a crafted image layer payload, aka gzip bombing. (CVE-2017-14992)

  - The DefaultLinuxSpec function in oci/defaults.go in Docker Moby through 17.03.2-ce does not block     /proc/scsi pathnames, which allows attackers to trigger data loss (when certain older Linux kernels are     used) by leveraging Docker container access to write a scsi remove-single-device line to     /proc/scsi/scsi, aka SCSI MICDROP. (CVE-2017-16539)

  - libseccomp-golang 0.9.0 and earlier incorrectly generates BPFs that OR multiple arguments rather than     ANDing them. A process running under a restrictive seccomp filter that specified multiple syscall     arguments could bypass intended access restrictions by specifying a single matching argument.
    (CVE-2017-18367)

  - The default OCI linux spec in oci/defaults{_linux}.go in Docker/Moby from 1.11 to current does not block     /proc/acpi pathnames. The flaw allows an attacker to modify host's hardware like enabling/disabling     bluetooth or turning up/down keyboard brightness. (CVE-2018-10892)

  - In Docker through 18.06.1-ce-rc2, the API endpoints behind the 'docker cp' command are vulnerable to a     symlink-exchange attack with Directory Traversal, giving attackers arbitrary read-write access to the host     filesystem with root privileges, because daemon/archive.go does not do archive operations on a frozen     filesystem (or from within a chroot). (CVE-2018-15664)

  - Docker Engine before 18.09 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (dockerd memory consumption) via     a large integer in a --cpuset-mems or --cpuset-cpus value, related to daemon/daemon_unix.go,     pkg/parsers/parsers.go, and pkg/sysinfo/sysinfo.go. (CVE-2018-20699)

  - In Docker before 18.09.4, an attacker who is capable of supplying or manipulating the build path for the     docker build command would be able to gain command execution. An issue exists in the way docker build     processes remote git URLs, and results in command injection into the underlying git clone command,     leading to code execution in the context of the user executing the docker build command. This occurs     because git ref can be misinterpreted as a flag. (CVE-2019-13139)

  - In Docker CE and EE before 18.09.8 (as well as Docker EE before 17.06.2-ee-23 and 18.x before     18.03.1-ee-10), Docker Engine in debug mode may sometimes add secrets to the debug log. This applies to a     scenario where docker stack deploy is run to redeploy a stack that includes (non external) secrets. It     potentially applies to other API users of the stack API if they resend the secret. (CVE-2019-13509)

  - runc through 1.0-rc6, as used in Docker before 18.09.2 and other products, allows attackers to overwrite     the host runc binary (and consequently obtain host root access) by leveraging the ability to execute a     command as root within one of these types of containers: (1) a new container with an attacker-controlled     image, or (2) an existing container, to which the attacker previously had write access, that can be     attached with docker exec. This occurs because of file-descriptor mishandling, related to /proc/self/exe.
    (CVE-2019-5736)

  - An issue was discovered in Docker Engine before 19.03.11. An attacker in a container, with the CAP_NET_RAW     capability, can craft IPv6 router advertisements, and consequently spoof external IPv6 hosts, obtain     sensitive information, or cause a denial of service. (CVE-2020-13401)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04, has docker-ce packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - Lack of content verification in Docker-CE (Also known as Moby) versions 1.12.6-0, 1.10.3, 17.03.0,     17.03.1, 17.03.2, 17.06.0, 17.06.1, 17.06.2, 17.09.0, and earlier allows a remote attacker to cause a     Denial of Service via a crafted image layer payload, aka gzip bombing. (CVE-2017-14992)

  - The DefaultLinuxSpec function in oci/defaults.go in Docker Moby through 17.03.2-ce does not block     /proc/scsi pathnames, which allows attackers to trigger data loss (when certain older Linux kernels are     used) by leveraging Docker container access to write a scsi remove-single-device line to     /proc/scsi/scsi, aka SCSI MICDROP. (CVE-2017-16539)

  - libseccomp-golang 0.9.0 and earlier incorrectly generates BPFs that OR multiple arguments rather than     ANDing them. A process running under a restrictive seccomp filter that specified multiple syscall     arguments could bypass intended access restrictions by specifying a single matching argument.
    (CVE-2017-18367)

  - The default OCI linux spec in oci/defaults{_linux}.go in Docker/Moby from 1.11 to current does not block     /proc/acpi pathnames. The flaw allows an attacker to modify host's hardware like enabling/disabling     bluetooth or turning up/down keyboard brightness. (CVE-2018-10892)

  - In Docker through 18.06.1-ce-rc2, the API endpoints behind the 'docker cp' command are vulnerable to a     symlink-exchange attack with Directory Traversal, giving attackers arbitrary read-write access to the host     filesystem with root privileges, because daemon/archive.go does not do archive operations on a frozen     filesystem (or from within a chroot). (CVE-2018-15664)

  - Docker Engine before 18.09 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (dockerd memory consumption) via     a large integer in a --cpuset-mems or --cpuset-cpus value, related to daemon/daemon_unix.go,     pkg/parsers/parsers.go, and pkg/sysinfo/sysinfo.go. (CVE-2018-20699)

  - In Docker before 18.09.4, an attacker who is capable of supplying or manipulating the build path for the     docker build command would be able to gain command execution. An issue exists in the way docker build     processes remote git URLs, and results in command injection into the underlying git clone command,     leading to code execution in the context of the user executing the docker build command. This occurs     because git ref can be misinterpreted as a flag. (CVE-2019-13139)

  - In Docker CE and EE before 18.09.8 (as well as Docker EE before 17.06.2-ee-23 and 18.x before     18.03.1-ee-10), Docker Engine in debug mode may sometimes add secrets to the debug log. This applies to a     scenario where docker stack deploy is run to redeploy a stack that includes (non external) secrets. It     potentially applies to other API users of the stack API if they resend the secret. (CVE-2019-13509)

  - runc through 1.0-rc6, as used in Docker before 18.09.2 and other products, allows attackers to overwrite     the host runc binary (and consequently obtain host root access) by leveraging the ability to execute a     command as root within one of these types of containers: (1) a new container with an attacker-controlled     image, or (2) an existing container, to which the attacker previously had write access, that can be     attached with docker exec. This occurs because of file-descriptor mishandling, related to /proc/self/exe.
    (CVE-2019-5736)

  - An issue was discovered in Docker Engine before 19.03.11. An attacker in a container, with the CAP_NET_RAW     capability, can craft IPv6 router advertisements, and consequently spoof external IPv6 hosts, obtain     sensitive information, or cause a denial of service. (CVE-2020-13401)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2019:0487 advisory.

    Docker is an open-source engine that automates the deployment of any application as a lightweight,     portable, self-sufficient container that runs virtually anywhere.

    Security Fix(es):

    * docker: Memory exhaustion via large integer used with --cpuset-mems or --cpuset-cpus (CVE-2018-20699)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Bug Fix(es):

    * docker runc 'panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference' (BZ#1556901)

    * temp files in /var/lib/docker persist (BZ#1645591)

    * Docker needs to support PIDs Limit for all containers created. (BZ#1660876)

    * dockerd may leak memory resources if uncompressing a layer fails (BZ#1661443)

    * Docker may not properly close hijacked streams (BZ#1668042)

    * Director deployed OCP 3.11 deployment fails with openshift-ansible getting stuck when restarting docker     service on master nodes (BZ#1671861)

    * Docker service hang (BZ#1678096)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

- Resolves: #1666565, #1667625 - CVE-2018-20699

  - Resolves: #1663068, #1667626 - umount all procfs and     sysfs with --no-pivot

  - built docker @projectatomic/docker-1.13.1 commit 1185cfd

  - built docker-runc @projectatomic/docker-1.13.1 commit     e4ffe43

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

- Resolves: #1666565, #1666566 - CVE-2018-20699

  - Resolves: #1663068, #1667622 - umount all procfs and     sysfs with --no-pivot

  - built docker @projectatomic/docker-1.13.1 commit 1185cfd

  - built docker-runc @projectatomic/docker-1.13.1 commit     e4ffe43

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

- Resolves: #1666565, #1666566 - CVE-2018-20699 

  - Resolves: #1663068, #1667622 - umount all procfs and     sysfs with --no-pivot

  - built docker @projectatomic/docker-1.13.1 commit 1185cfd

  - built docker-runc @projectatomic/docker-1.13.1 commit     e4ffe43

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

- Resolves: #1666565, #1667625 - CVE-2018-20699

  - Resolves: #1663068, #1667626 - umount all procfs and     sysfs with --no-pivot

  - built docker @projectatomic/docker-1.13.1 commit 1185cfd

  - built docker-runc @projectatomic/docker-1.13.1 commit     e4ffe43

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Resolves: #1598581, #1598582 - CVE-2018-10892

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
270307	SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : docker-stable (SUSE-SU-2025:03545-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
270099	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : docker-stable (SUSE-SU-2025:03540-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
266258	NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.06 : docker-ce Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2025-0217)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	high
204388	Photon OS 5.0: Telegraf PHSA-2023-5.0-0041	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
204224	Photon OS 5.0: Kapacitor PHSA-2023-5.0-0045	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	critical
180722	Oracle Linux 7 : docker-engine (ELSA-2019-4597)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
175049	Oracle Linux 7 : docker-engine (ELSA-2019-4598)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
154519	NewStart CGSL CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05 : docker-ce Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2021-0138)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	high
143962	NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : docker-ce Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2020-0082)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	high
122806	RHEL 7 : docker (RHSA-2019:0487)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
121493	Fedora 29 : 2:docker-latest (2019-f5b57646b7)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
121490	Fedora 29 : 2:docker (2019-a034423db8)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
121489	Fedora 28 : 2:docker (2019-901feba171)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
121488	Fedora 28 : 2:docker-latest (2019-723711c645)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

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