CVE-2019-1020014 Use after free in docker-credential-helpers

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A double free vulnerability in Docker credential helpers allows attackers to cause denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2019-1020014?

CVE-2019-1020014 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 29 Jul 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

docker-credential-helpers before 0.6.3 has a double free in the List functions.

Weakness: CWE-415

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-1020014?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Docker Credential Helpers, Fedoraproject Fedora.

How do I fix CVE-2019-1020014?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2019-1020014 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-1020014 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-1020014, GHSA-h8cp-ph26-xwmv, MGASA-2019-0269, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-1020014, USN-4103-2, USN-4856-1.

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