USN-7161-2: Docker vulnerabilities

18 February 2025

Several security issues were fixed in Docker.

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USN-7161-1 fixed CVE-2024-29018 in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. This update fixes it
in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.10, and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.

USN-7161-1 fixed CVE-2024-41110 in Ubuntu 24.10, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This updates fixes it in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

Yair Zak discovered that Docker could unexpectedly forward DNS requests
from internal networks in an unexpected manner. An attacker could possibly
use this issue to exfiltrate data by encoding information in DNS queries
to controlled nameservers. This issue was only addressed in
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-29018)

Cory Snider discovered that Docker did not properly handle authorization
plugin request processing. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
bypass authorization controls by forwarding API requests without their
full body, leading to unauthorized actions. (CVE-2024-41110)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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