CVE-2014-9356: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

May 18, 2021

Path traversal vulnerability in Docker before 1.3.3 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files and bypass a container protection mechanism via a full pathname in a symlink in an (1) image or (2) build in a Dockerfile.

References

access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-9356
github.com/advisories/GHSA-vj3f-3286-r4pf
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9356
web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-9356

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