PT-2017-14440 · Docker+1 · Docker Moby+2

Published 2017-11-04 · Updated 2026-01-27 · CVE-2017-16539

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Docker Moby versions prior to 17.03.2-ce

Description The issue concerns the DefaultLinuxSpec function in oci/defaults.go, which does not properly block /proc/scsi pathnames. This oversight allows attackers to cause data loss, particularly when older Linux kernels are in use, by exploiting Docker container access to write a "scsi remove-single-device" line to /proc/scsi/scsi.

Recommendations For Docker Moby versions prior to 17.03.2-ce, update to version 17.03.2-ce or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-16539

GHSA-VFJC-2QCW-J95J

MGASA-2018-0398

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_0406-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10722-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15589-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0386-1

SUSE-SU-2025:03540-1

SUSE-SU-2025:03545-1

Affected Products

Docker

Docker Moby

Suse

References · 276

• https://github.com/moby/moby/pull/35399 · Patch
• https://github.com/moby/moby/pull/35399/commits/a21ecdf3c8a343a7c94e4c4d01b178c87ca7aaa1 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16539 · Vendor Advisory
• https://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=150985062200941&w=2 · Patch
• https://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=150985455801444&w=2 · Patch
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0398.html · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/LA2D3UDMXW44UEZC4BRH5EKHBGQNP2UC · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-16539 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2025:15589-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:03540-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16539 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16539 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10722-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-vfjc-2qcw-j95j · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16539 · Security Note