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CVE-2021-21284

Public on 2021-02-02
Modified on 2021-12-02
Description

A flaw was found in the `userns-remap` feature of Docker. The root user in the remapped namespace can modify files under /var/lib/docker/<remapping>, leading to possible privilege escalation to the root user in the host. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.0
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 docker 2021-11-11 20:21 ALAS-2021-1550
Amazon Linux 2 - Docker Extra docker 2021-10-19 18:50 ALAS2DOCKER-2021-001
Amazon Linux 2 - Ecs Extra docker 2023-10-18 22:01 ALAS2ECS-2023-015
Amazon Linux 2 - Aws-nitro-enclaves-cli Extra docker 2021-10-19 18:51 ALAS2NITRO-ENCLAVES-2021-001

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 2.7 AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
NVD CVSSv3 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N