CVE-2020-13401

Description

An issue was discovered in Docker Engine before 19.03.11. An attacker in a container, with the CAP_NET_RAW capability, can craft IPv6 router advertisements, and consequently spoof external IPv6 hosts, obtain sensitive information, or cause a denial of service.

Category

6.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 4.69% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory docker.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://docs.docker.com/engine/release-notes/ release notes vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/06/01/5 third party advisory mailing list
https://github.com/docker/docker-ce/releases/tag/v19.03.11 third party advisory release notes
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DN4JQAOXBE3XUNK3FD423LHE3K74EMJT/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KJZLKRCOJMOGUIJI2AS27BOZS3RBEF3K/ vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00040.html vendor advisory broken link
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4716 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200717-0002/ third party advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-15 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-13401?
CVE-2020-13401 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-13401?
To fix CVE-2020-13401, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-13401 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2020-13401 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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