Docker before 1.3.2 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a (1) symlink or (2) hard link attack in an image archive in a (a) pull or (b) load operation.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6407
• moby/moby@3ac6394
• https://docs.docker.com/v1.3/release-notes/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145154.html
• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00009.html
• https://secunia.com/advisories/60171
• https://secunia.com/advisories/60241
• https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-6407
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/24/5