<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201612-28"> <title>Docker: Privilege escalation</title> <synopsis>A vulnerability in Docker could lead to the escalation of privileges. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild"/> <announced>2016-12-11</announced> <revised count="1">2016-12-11</revised> <bug>581236</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="app-emulation/docker" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">1.11.0</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">1.11.0</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>Docker is the world’s leading software containerization platform.</p> </background> <description> <p>Docker does not properly distinguish between numeric UIDs and string usernames. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>Local attackers could possibly escalate their privileges.</p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All Docker users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/docker-1.11.0" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3697">CVE-2016-3697</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2016-11-26T00:31:47Z">b-man</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2016-12-11T23:40:37Z">b-man</metadata> </glsa>