CVE-2017-14992
medium
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
6.5
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14992
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14992.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 18.03.1+dfsg1-2 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 18.03.1+dfsg1-2 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 18.03.1+dfsg1-2 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 18.03.1+dfsg1-2 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 18.03.1+dfsg1-2 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/vbatts/tar-split | <0.10.2 | 0.10.2 |
References
- https://blog.cloudpassage.com/2017/10/13/discovering-docker-cve-2017-14992/
- https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/35075
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14992.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14992
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14992
- https://github.com/vbatts/tar-split/pull/42
- https://github.com/vbatts/tar-split
- https://github.com/vbatts/tar-split/releases/tag/v0.10.2
- https://web.archive.org/web/20171119174639/https://blog.cloudpassage.com/2017/10/13/discovering-docker-cve-2017-14992
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hqwh-8xv9-42hw
CWEs
CWE-20
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.