Security Bulletin: Docker and Python as used in IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to various CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-3697
DESCRIPTION: Docker could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an error in libcontainer/user/user.go. By using a numeric username in the password file in a container, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/113791 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2015-3631
DESCRIPTION: Docker could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the configuration of volume mounts to override files of /proc within a mount namespace. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using specially-crafted images to specify arbitrary policies for Linux Security Modules.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/103094 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2015-3630
DESCRIPTION: Docker could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by multiple read/write proc paths being writable from containers. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to modify the host and obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 5.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/103093 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2015-3627
DESCRIPTION: A symlink vulnerability in Libcontainer and Docker Engine regarding the file-descriptor being opened prior to performing the chroot could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially crafted Dockerfile or image to gain elevated privileges on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 4.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/103092 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVEID: CVE-2015-1843
DESCRIPTION: Red Hat docker package is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack, caused by the use of the --add-registry option. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform downgrade attacks to obtain authentication and image data to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks.
CVSS Base Score: 5.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/102670 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2014-1912
DESCRIPTION: Python is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by sock_recvfrom_into() function. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90931 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)