Race condition in moby



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2024-36621
CWE-ID CWE-362
Exploitation vector Local
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 moby
Server applications / Virtualization software

Vendor Moby project

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Race condition

EUVDB-ID: #VU101383

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-36621

CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition within builder/builder-next/adapters/snapshot/layer.go. A local user can exploit the race and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

moby: 25.0.0 - 25.0.4

CPE2.3 External links

https://gist.github.com/1047524396/5d44459edab5fafcdf86b43909b81135
https://github.com/moby/moby/blob/v25.0.5/builder/builder-next/adapters/snapshot/layer.go#L24
https://github.com/moby/moby/commit/37545cc644344dcb576cba67eb7b6f51a463d31e


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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