Docker: Privilege escalation

Docker: Privilege escalation A vulnerability in Docker could lead to the escalation of privileges. December 11, 2016 December 11, 2016: 1 581236 remote 1.11.0 1.11.0

Docker is the world’s leading software containerization platform.

Docker does not properly distinguish between numeric UIDs and string usernames.

Local attackers could possibly escalate their privileges.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All Docker users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/docker-1.11.0"

CVE-2016-3697 b-man b-man