USN-4048-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4048-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4048-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4048-1
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Published
2019-07-08T14:41:56.088818Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:51Z
Summary
Docker vulnerabilities
Details

Aleksa Sarai discovered that Docker was vulnerable to a directory traversal attack. An attacker could use this vulnerability to read and write arbitrary files on the host filesystem as root.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / docker.io

Package

Name
docker.io
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/docker.io@18.09.7-0ubuntu1~16.04.4?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
18.09.7-0ubuntu1~16.04.4

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.2~dfsg1-1ubuntu4
1.10.2-0ubuntu3
1.10.2-0ubuntu4
1.10.3-0ubuntu1
1.10.3-0ubuntu4
1.10.3-0ubuntu5
1.10.3-0ubuntu6
1.11.2-0ubuntu5~16.04
1.12.1-0ubuntu13~16.04.1
1.12.3-0ubuntu4~16.04.2
1.12.6-0ubuntu1~16.04.1
1.13.1-0ubuntu1~16.04.2

17.*

17.03.2-0ubuntu2~16.04.1

18.*

18.06.1-0ubuntu1~16.04.2
18.06.1-0ubuntu1.2~16.04.1
18.09.2-0ubuntu1~16.04.1
18.09.5-0ubuntu1~16.04.2
18.09.7-0ubuntu1~16.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "docker.io",
            "binary_version": "18.09.7-0ubuntu1~16.04.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "golang-docker-dev",
            "binary_version": "18.09.7-0ubuntu1~16.04.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "golang-github-docker-docker-dev",
            "binary_version": "18.09.7-0ubuntu1~16.04.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vim-syntax-docker",
            "binary_version": "18.09.7-0ubuntu1~16.04.4"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2018-15664",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / docker.io

Package

Name
docker.io
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/docker.io@18.09.7-0ubuntu1~18.04.3?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
18.09.7-0ubuntu1~18.04.3

Affected versions

1.*

1.13.1-0ubuntu6

17.*

17.03.2-0ubuntu1
17.03.2-0ubuntu3
17.03.2-0ubuntu5
17.12.1-0ubuntu1

18.*

18.06.1-0ubuntu1~18.04.1
18.06.1-0ubuntu1.2~18.04.1
18.09.2-0ubuntu1~18.04.1
18.09.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.2
18.09.7-0ubuntu1~18.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "docker.io",
            "binary_version": "18.09.7-0ubuntu1~18.04.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "golang-docker-dev",
            "binary_version": "18.09.7-0ubuntu1~18.04.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "golang-github-docker-docker-dev",
            "binary_version": "18.09.7-0ubuntu1~18.04.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vim-syntax-docker",
            "binary_version": "18.09.7-0ubuntu1~18.04.3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2018-15664",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"
}