What is CVE-2017-16539?

CVE-2017-16539 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mobyproject Moby, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2017-11-04.

How severe is CVE-2017-16539?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Mobyproject Moby

CVE-2017-16539

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…

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.018 (76.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Mobyproject Moby
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16539?: CVE-2017-16539 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mobyproject Moby, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2017-11-04.
How severe is CVE-2017-16539?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.