Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-13139 - OS Command Injection vulnerability in Docker

047910
CVSS 4.6 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
local
low complexity
docker
CWE-78
nessus
NVD
Published: 2019-08-22
Updated: 2020-08-24

Summary

In Docker before 18.09.4, an attacker who is capable of supplying or manipulating the build path for the "docker build" command would be able to gain command execution. An issue exists in the way "docker build" processes remote git URLs, and results in command injection into the underlying "git clone" command, leading to code execution in the context of the user executing the "docker build" command. This occurs because git ref can be misinterpreted as a flag.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Docker
4

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Command Line Execution through SQL Injection
    An attacker uses standard SQL injection methods to inject data into the command line for execution. This could be done directly through misuse of directives such as MSSQL_xp_cmdshell or indirectly through injection of data into the database that would be interpreted as shell commands. Sometime later, an unscrupulous backend application (or could be part of the functionality of the same application) fetches the injected data stored in the database and uses this data as command line arguments without performing proper validation. The malicious data escapes that data plane by spawning new commands to be executed on the host.
  • Command Delimiters
    An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities that allows an attacker's commands to be concatenated onto a legitimate command with the intent of targeting other resources such as the file system or database. The system that uses a filter or a blacklist input validation, as opposed to whitelist validation is vulnerable to an attacker who predicts delimiters (or combinations of delimiters) not present in the filter or blacklist. As with other injection attacks, the attacker uses the command delimiter payload as an entry point to tunnel through the application and activate additional attacks through SQL queries, shell commands, network scanning, and so on.
  • Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers
    An attacker supplies the target software with input data that contains sequences of special characters designed to bypass input validation logic. This exploit relies on the target making multiples passes over the input data and processing a "layer" of special characters with each pass. In this manner, the attacker can disguise input that would otherwise be rejected as invalid by concealing it with layers of special/escape characters that are stripped off by subsequent processing steps. The goal is to first discover cases where the input validation layer executes before one or more parsing layers. That is, user input may go through the following logic in an application: In such cases, the attacker will need to provide input that will pass through the input validator, but after passing through parser2, will be converted into something that the input validator was supposed to stop.
  • Argument Injection
    An attacker changes the behavior or state of a targeted application through injecting data or command syntax through the targets use of non-validated and non-filtered arguments of exposed services or methods.
  • OS Command Injection
    In this type of an attack, an adversary injects operating system commands into existing application functions. An application that uses untrusted input to build command strings is vulnerable. An adversary can leverage OS command injection in an application to elevate privileges, execute arbitrary commands and compromise the underlying operating system.

Nessus

  • NASL familyPhotonOS Local Security Checks
    NASL idPHOTONOS_PHSA-2020-1_0-0292_DOCKER.NASL
    descriptionAn update of the docker package has been released.
    last seen2020-05-18
    modified2020-05-13
    plugin id136552
    published2020-05-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/136552
    titlePhoton OS 1.0: Docker PHSA-2020-1.0-0292
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#


# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from VMware Security Advisory PHSA-2020-1.0-0292. The text
# itself is copyright (C) VMware, Inc.


include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(136552);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/05/15");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2019-13139", "CVE-2019-13509", "CVE-2019-16884");
  script_bugtraq_id(109253);

  script_name(english:"Photon OS 1.0: Docker PHSA-2020-1.0-0292");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"An update of the docker package has been released.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Updates-1.0-292.md");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected Linux packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-16884");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/07/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/05/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/05/13");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:docker");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:vmware:photonos:1.0");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"PhotonOS Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/PhotonOS/release", "Host/PhotonOS/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}

include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

release = get_kb_item("Host/PhotonOS/release");
if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^VMware Photon") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "PhotonOS");
if (release !~ "^VMware Photon (?:Linux|OS) 1\.0(\D|$)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "PhotonOS 1.0");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/PhotonOS/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "aarch64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "PhotonOS", cpu);

flag = 0;

if (rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-1.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"docker-18.09.9-2.ph1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-1.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"docker-doc-18.09.9-2.ph1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "docker");
}
  • NASL familyAmazon Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idALA_ALAS-2019-1316.NASL
    descriptionA command injection flaw was discovered in Docker during the `docker build` command. By providing a specially crafted path argument for the container to build, it is possible to inject command options to the `git fetch`/`git checkout` commands that are executed by Docker and to execute code with the privileges of the user running Docker. A local attacker who can run `docker build` with a controlled build path, or a remote attacker who has control over the docker build path, could elevate their privileges or execute code.(CVE-2019-13139) In Docker CE and EE before 18.09.8 (as well as Docker EE before 17.06.2-ee-23 and 18.x before 18.03.1-ee-10), Docker Engine in debug mode may sometimes add secrets to the debug log. This applies to a scenario where docker stack deploy is run to redeploy a stack that includes (non external) secrets. It potentially applies to other API users of the stack API if they resend the secret.(CVE-2019-13509)
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id130609
    published2019-11-07
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/130609
    titleAmazon Linux AMI : docker (ALAS-2019-1316)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory ALAS-2019-1316.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(130609);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/12/17");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2019-13139", "CVE-2019-13509");
  script_xref(name:"ALAS", value:"2019-1316");

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux AMI : docker (ALAS-2019-1316)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"A command injection flaw was discovered in Docker during the `docker
build` command. By providing a specially crafted path argument for the
container to build, it is possible to inject command options to the
`git fetch`/`git checkout` commands that are executed by Docker and to
execute code with the privileges of the user running Docker. A local
attacker who can run `docker build` with a controlled build path, or a
remote attacker who has control over the docker build path, could
elevate their privileges or execute code.(CVE-2019-13139)

In Docker CE and EE before 18.09.8 (as well as Docker EE before
17.06.2-ee-23 and 18.x before 18.03.1-ee-10), Docker Engine in debug
mode may sometimes add secrets to the debug log. This applies to a
scenario where docker stack deploy is run to redeploy a stack that
includes (non external) secrets. It potentially applies to other API
users of the stack API if they resend the secret.(CVE-2019-13509)"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2019-1316.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Run 'yum update docker' to update your system."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-13509");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:docker");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:docker-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/07/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/11/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/11/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(release) || !strlen(release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "A")
{
  if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux AMI", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}

if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"docker-18.09.9ce-2.52.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"docker-debuginfo-18.09.9ce-2.52.amzn1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "docker / docker-debuginfo");
}
  • NASL familyPhotonOS Local Security Checks
    NASL idPHOTONOS_PHSA-2020-3_0-0085_DOCKER.NASL
    descriptionAn update of the docker package has been released.
    last seen2020-05-08
    modified2020-05-06
    plugin id136345
    published2020-05-06
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/136345
    titlePhoton OS 3.0: Docker PHSA-2020-3.0-0085
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#


# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from VMware Security Advisory PHSA-2020-3.0-0085. The text
# itself is copyright (C) VMware, Inc.


include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(136345);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/05/07");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2019-13139", "CVE-2019-13509");
  script_bugtraq_id(109253);

  script_name(english:"Photon OS 3.0: Docker PHSA-2020-3.0-0085");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"An update of the docker package has been released.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Updates-3.0-85.md");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected Linux packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-13509");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/07/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/05/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/05/06");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:docker");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:vmware:photonos:3.0");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"PhotonOS Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/PhotonOS/release", "Host/PhotonOS/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}

include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

release = get_kb_item("Host/PhotonOS/release");
if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^VMware Photon") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "PhotonOS");
if (release !~ "^VMware Photon (?:Linux|OS) 3\.0(\D|$)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "PhotonOS 3.0");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/PhotonOS/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "aarch64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "PhotonOS", cpu);

flag = 0;

if (rpm_exists(rpm:"docker-18.06", release:"PhotonOS-3.0") && rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-3.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"docker-18.06.2-10.ph3")) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:"docker-18.09", release:"PhotonOS-3.0") && rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-3.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"docker-18.09.9-2.ph3")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-3.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"docker-cli-18.09.9-2.ph3")) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:"docker-doc-18.06", release:"PhotonOS-3.0") && rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-3.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"docker-doc-18.06.2-10.ph3")) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:"docker-doc-18.09", release:"PhotonOS-3.0") && rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-3.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"docker-doc-18.09.9-2.ph3")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-3.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"docker-engine-18.09.9-2.ph3")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "docker");
}
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-4521.NASL
    descriptionThree security vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Docker container runtime: Insecure loading of NSS libraries in
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id128622
    published2019-09-10
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/128622
    titleDebian DSA-4521-1 : docker.io - security update
  • NASL familyPhotonOS Local Security Checks
    NASL idPHOTONOS_PHSA-2020-2_0-0235_DOCKER.NASL
    descriptionAn update of the docker package has been released.
    last seen2020-05-08
    modified2020-05-05
    plugin id136331
    published2020-05-05
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/136331
    titlePhoton OS 2.0: Docker PHSA-2020-2.0-0235

Redhat

advisories
rhsa
idRHBA-2019:3092
rpms
  • docker-2:1.13.1-104.git4ef4b30.el7
  • docker-client-2:1.13.1-104.git4ef4b30.el7
  • docker-common-2:1.13.1-104.git4ef4b30.el7
  • docker-debuginfo-2:1.13.1-104.git4ef4b30.el7
  • docker-logrotate-2:1.13.1-104.git4ef4b30.el7
  • docker-lvm-plugin-2:1.13.1-104.git4ef4b30.el7
  • docker-novolume-plugin-2:1.13.1-104.git4ef4b30.el7
  • docker-rhel-push-plugin-2:1.13.1-104.git4ef4b30.el7
  • docker-v1.10-migrator-2:1.13.1-104.git4ef4b30.el7

References