=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4103-1
August 19, 2019
docker-credential-helpers vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.04
Summary:
docker-credential-helpers could be made to crash or run programs as your login
Software Description:
- golang-github-docker-docker-credential-helpers: Use native stores to safeguard
Docker credentials
Details:
Jasiel Spelman discovered that a double free existed in docker-credential-helpers. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service
(crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 19.04:
golang-docker-credential-helpers 0.6.1-1ubuntu0.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4103-1
CVE-2019-1020014
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/golang-github-docker-docker-credential-helpers/0.6.1-1ubuntu0.1