CVE-2015-3627

EPSS 0.10%

Symlink Attack in Libcontainer and Docker Engine

Published: 2/15/2022Modified: 2/4/2026

Also known as:GHSA-g7v2-2qxx-wjrwCGA-6mfv-6f7j-5hm4DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3627GO-2022-0649

Description

Libcontainer and Docker Engine before 1.6.1 opens the file-descriptor passed to the pid-1 process before performing the chroot, which allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack in an image.

Affected packages (3)

Debian/docker.iofrom 0, < 1.6.1+dfsg1-1
Go/github.com/docker/dockerfrom 0, < 1.6.1
Go/github.com/docker/dockerfrom 0, < 1.6.1

References (9)

ADVISORYhttps://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g7v2-2qxx-wjrw
ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3627
ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3627
WEBhttps://github.com/docker/docker/commit/d5ebb60bddbabea0439213501f4f6ed494b23cba
WEBhttps://groups.google.com/forum/#%21searchin/docker-user/1.6.1/docker-user/47GZrihtr-4/nwgeOOFLexIJ
WEBhttps://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/docker-user/1.6.1/docker-user/47GZrihtr-4/nwgeOOFLexIJ
WEBhttps://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00023.html
WEBhttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131835/Docker-Privilege-Escalation-Information-Disclosure.html
WEBhttps://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/28