UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5736

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-5736
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5736.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5736
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Downstream
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Published
2019-02-11T19:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:45:15Z
Severity
  • 8.6 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 8.6 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

runc through 1.0-rc6, as used in Docker before 18.09.2 and other products, allows attackers to overwrite the host runc binary (and consequently obtain host root access) by leveraging the ability to execute a command as root within one of these types of containers: (1) a new container with an attacker-controlled image, or (2) an existing container, to which the attacker previously had write access, that can be attached with docker exec. This occurs because of file-descriptor mishandling, related to /proc/self/exe.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / docker.io

Package

Name
docker.io
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/docker.io@18.06.1-0ubuntu1.2~16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
18.06.1-0ubuntu1.2~16.04.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.2~dfsg1-1ubuntu4
1.10.2-0ubuntu3
1.10.2-0ubuntu4
1.10.3-0ubuntu1
1.10.3-0ubuntu4
1.10.3-0ubuntu5
1.10.3-0ubuntu6
1.11.2-0ubuntu5~16.04
1.12.1-0ubuntu13~16.04.1
1.12.3-0ubuntu4~16.04.2
1.12.6-0ubuntu1~16.04.1
1.13.1-0ubuntu1~16.04.2

17.*

17.03.2-0ubuntu2~16.04.1

18.*

18.06.1-0ubuntu1~16.04.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "18.06.1-0ubuntu1.2~16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "docker.io"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "18.06.1-0ubuntu1.2~16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "golang-docker-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "18.06.1-0ubuntu1.2~16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "golang-github-docker-docker-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "18.06.1-0ubuntu1.2~16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "vim-syntax-docker"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / runc

Package

Name
runc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/runc@1.0.0~rc2+docker1.13.1-0ubuntu1~16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.0~rc2+docker1.13.1-0ubuntu1~16.04.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.0.8+dfsg-2
0.1.1-0ubuntu5~16.04

1.*

1.0.0~rc1-0ubuntu1~16.04
1.0.0~rc1-0ubuntu2~16.04.1
1.0.0~rc1-0ubuntu2~16.04.1.1
1.0.0~rc2-0ubuntu2~16.04.1
1.0.0~rc2+docker1.12.6-0ubuntu1~16.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.0.0~rc2+docker1.13.1-0ubuntu1~16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "golang-github-opencontainers-runc-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.0.0~rc2+docker1.13.1-0ubuntu1~16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "runc"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / docker.io

Package

Name
docker.io
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/docker.io@18.06.1-0ubuntu1.2~18.04.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
18.06.1-0ubuntu1.2~18.04.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.13.1-0ubuntu6

17.*

17.03.2-0ubuntu1
17.03.2-0ubuntu3
17.03.2-0ubuntu5
17.12.1-0ubuntu1

18.*

18.06.1-0ubuntu1~18.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "18.06.1-0ubuntu1.2~18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "docker.io"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "18.06.1-0ubuntu1.2~18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "golang-docker-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "18.06.1-0ubuntu1.2~18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "golang-github-docker-docker-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "18.06.1-0ubuntu1.2~18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "vim-syntax-docker"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / runc

Package

Name
runc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/runc@1.0.0~rc4+dfsg1-6ubuntu0.18.04.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.0~rc4+dfsg1-6ubuntu0.18.04.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.0~rc2+docker1.13.1-0ubuntu1
1.0.0~rc4+dfsg1-2
1.0.0~rc4+dfsg1-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.0.0~rc4+dfsg1-6ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "golang-github-opencontainers-runc-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.0.0~rc4+dfsg1-6ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "runc"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}