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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Docker vulnerabilities (USN-7474-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 235068

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7474-1 advisory.

 Cory Snider discovered that Docker incorrectly handled networking packet encapsulation. An attacker could use this issue to inject internet packets in established connection, possibly causing a denial of service or bypassing firewall protections. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-28840, CVE-2023-28841, CVE-2023-28842)

 Rory McNamara discovered that Docker incorrectly handled cache in the BuildKit toolkit. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2024-23651)

 It was discovered that Docker incorrectly handled parallel operations in some circumstances, which could possibly lead to undefined behavior. (CVE-2024-36621, CVE-2024-36623)

 Rory McNamara discovered that Docker incorrectly verified file paths during a certain command in the BuildKit toolkit. An attacker could possibly use this issue to delete arbitrary files from the system.
 (CVE-2024-23652)

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

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

Solution

Update the affected docker.io package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7474-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 235068

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7474-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/1/2025

Updated: 5/1/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-23652

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 7.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-36623

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:docker.io, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/1/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/4/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-28840, CVE-2023-28841, CVE-2023-28842, CVE-2024-23651, CVE-2024-23652, CVE-2024-36621, CVE-2024-36623

USN: 7474-1