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USN-4589-2: Docker vulnerability

15 October 2020

Docker could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

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Releases

Packages

Details

USN-4589-1 fixed a vulnerability in containerd. This update provides
the corresponding update for docker.io.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that containerd could be made to expose sensitive
information when processing URLs in container image manifests. A
remote attacker could use this to trick the user and obtain the
user's registry credentials.

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04

After a standard system update you need to restart docker to make
all the necessary changes.

References

Related notices

  • USN-4589-1: golang-github-docker-containerd-dev, containerd