CVE-2017-16539

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Published 2017-11-04 · Modified 2026-02-03

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CVSS v3

5.9

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.9

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

69%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1.13.1~ds3-1`
sid	Fixed	`1.13.1~ds3-1`
forky	Fixed	`1.13.1~ds3-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`1.13.1~ds3-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`1.13.1~ds3-1`

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
Go	github.com/moby/moby	`<17.12.0-ce`	`17.12.0-ce`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
mobyproject	moby	`{"endIncluding":"17.03.2"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.