SB2023051039 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Docker Distribution

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2253)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application. A remote attacker can send specially crafted requests to the "/v2/_catalog" API endpoint and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

2) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-28391)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation of DNS PTR records output within the netstat utility if executed on VT compatible terminal. A remote attacker can trick the victim to run the netstat command after initiating a connection to the system and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system with privileges of the user running the netstat command.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://github.com/distribution/distribution/security/advisories/GHSA-hqxw-f8mx-cpmw
• https://github.com/docker/distribution/releases/tag/v2.8.2