CVE-2019-5021

Versions of the Official Alpine Linux Docker images (since v3.3) contain a NULL password for the `root` user. This vulnerability appears to be the result of a regression introduced in December of 2015. Due to the nature of this issue, systems deployed using affected versions of the Alpine Linux container which utilize Linux PAM, or some other mechanism which uses the system shadow file as an authentication database, may accept a NULL password for the `root` user.

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GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-m3hq-qcc9-75f6

Versions of the Official Alpine Linux Docker images (since v3.3) contain a NULL password for the ...

References (12)

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108288 Broken Link
• https://alpinelinux.org/posts/Docker-image-vulnerability-CVE-2019-5021.html Vendor Advisory
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190510-0001/ Third Party Advisory
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K25551452 Third Party Advisory
• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0782 Exploit, Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108288 Broken Link
• https://alpinelinux.org/posts/Docker-image-vulnerability-CVE-2019-5021.html Vendor Advisory
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190510-0001/ Third Party Advisory
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K25551452 Third Party Advisory
• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0782 Exploit, Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory