SB2025031414 - IBM DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data update for Libcontainer and Docker Engine
Published: March 14, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) UNIX symbolic link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3627)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a symlink following issue, because Docker opens the file-descriptor passed to the pid-1 process before performing the chroot. A local user can create a specially crafted symbolic link to a critical file on the system and overwrite it with privileges of the application.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in privilege escalation.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.