CVE-2014-6407
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
Docker before 1.3.2 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a (1) symlink or (2) hard link attack in an image archive in a (a) pull or (b) load operation.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.3.2~dfsg1-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.3.2~dfsg1-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.3.2~dfsg1-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.3.2~dfsg1-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.3.2~dfsg1-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/docker/docker | <1.3.2 | 1.3.2 |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145154.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00009.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60171
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60241
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/24/5
- https://docs.docker.com/v1.3/release-notes/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-6407
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6407
- https://github.com/docker/docker/commit/3ac6394b8082d4700483d52fbfe54914be537d9e
- https://docs.docker.com/v1.3/release-notes
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145154.html
- https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00009.html
- https://secunia.com/advisories/60171
- https://secunia.com/advisories/60241
- https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-6407
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/24/5
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5qgp-p5jc-w2rm
CWEs
CWE-59
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.