Security advisory

{
  "id": "526a2c30bb56497b482854aee980bf4109f78ff54a115814e015e8cda23c1948",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-16539",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-16539",
    "summary": "The DefaultLinuxSpec function in oci/defaults.go in Docker Moby through 17.03.2-ce does not block /proc/scsi pathnames, which allows attackers to trigger data loss (when certain older Linux kernels are used) by leveraging Docker container access to write a \"scsi remove-single-device\" line to /proc/scsi/scsi, aka SCSI MICDROP.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-16539",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-16539",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-16539",
        "GHSA-vfjc-2qcw-j95j"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/moby/moby",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "f5ec1e2936dcbe7b5001c2b817188b095c700c27"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:mobyproject:moby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "17.03.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v17.03.2-ce",
            "v17.03.2-ce-rc1",
            "v17.03.0-ce-rc1",
            "v17.03.1-ce",
            "v17.03.1-ce-rc1",
            "v17.03.0-ce",
            "v1.13.1",
            "v1.13.1-rc2",
            "v1.13.0",
            "v1.13.1-rc1",
            "v1.13.0-rc7",
            "v1.13.0-rc6",
            "v1.13.0-rc5",
            "v1.13.0-rc4",
            "v1.13.0-rc3",
            "v1.13.0-rc2",
            "v1.13.0-rc1",
            "docs-v1.12.0-rc4-2016-07-15",
            "v0.7.2",
            "v0.7.1",
            "v0.7.0",
            "v0.6.5",
            "v0.5.0",
            "v0.4.7",
            "v0.4.5",
            "v0.4.4",
            "v0.4.2",
            "v0.4.1",
            "v0.3.2",
            "v0.3.1",
            "v0.3.0",
            "v0.2.2",
            "v0.2.1",
            "v0.2.0",
            "v0.1.8",
            "v0.1.7",
            "v0.1.6",
            "v0.1.5",
            "v0.1.4",
            "v0.1.3",
            "v0.1.2",
            "v0.1.1",
            "v0.1.0",
            "upstream/0.1.3",
            "0.0.3",
            "upstream/0.1.2"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-16539.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:49:50.741110035Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://twitter.com/ewindisch/status/926443521820774401",
        "https://github.com/moby/moby/pull/35399",
        "https://github.com/moby/moby/pull/35399/commits/a21ecdf3c8a343a7c94e4c4d01b178c87ca7aaa1",
        "https://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=150985062200941&w=2",
        "https://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=150985455801444&w=2"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-16539",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380855,
  "published_at": "2017-11-04T17:29:00.207+00:00"
}