Bug 1364008 (CVE-2016-6595)

Summary: CVE-2016-6595 docker: DoS via repeatedly joining and quitting swarm cluster as a node
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: adimania, admiller, amurdaca, andreas.bierfert, bleanhar, ccoleman, dedgar, dkholia, dmcphers, dwalsh, ichavero, jcajka, jchaloup, jgoulding, jialiu, jkeck, joelsmith, jokerman, kseifried, lmeyer, lsm5, marianne, miminar, mmccomas, nalin, riek, tdawson, vbatts
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Bug Depends On: 1364009, 1364010    
Bug Blocks: 1364011    

Description Andrej Nemec 2016-08-04 09:21:44 UTC
A denial of service vulnerability was found in the latest version of docker. A swarm can be rendered unavailable to join by repeatedly joining and disconnecting it with a node.

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http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q3/198

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2016-08-04 09:23:07 UTC
Created docker tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1364009]
Affects: epel-6 [bug 1364010]