CVE-2018-20699 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Docker Engine versions prior to 18.09, including Docker Enterprise Linux Server and Red Hat Engine/Enterprise Linux Server. An authenticated attacker can exploit this by providing a large integer in the --cpuset-mems or --cpuset-cpus parameters, leading to excessive memory consumption by the dockerd process. Rated Medium (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability requires high privileges (PR:H) to execute but has a low attack complexity (AC:L) and no user interaction (UI:N). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 18.09CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:docker:engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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