USN-4103-2: Docker vulnerability

19 August 2019

Docker could be made to crash or run programs as your login.

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Jasiel Spelman discovered that a double free existed in the docker-credential-
helpers dependency of Docker. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service
(crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Original advisory details:

Jasiel Spelman discovered that a double free existed in docker-credential-
helpers. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service
(crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 19.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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