Docker Engine before 1.8.3 and CS Docker Engine before 1.6.2-CS7 does not properly validate and extract the manifest object from its JSON representation during a pull, which allows attackers to inject new attributes in a JSON object and bypass pull-by-digest validation.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8179
Reference (s):
- https://www.docker.com/legal/docker-cve-database
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00036.html
- https://blog.docker.com/2015/10/security-release-docker-1-8-3-1-6-2-cs7/
- https://github.com/docker/docker/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#183-2015-10-12