CVE-2015-9259

In Docker Notary before 0.1, the checkRoot function in gotuf/client/client.go does not check expiry of root.json files, despite a comment stating that it does. Even if a user creates a new root.json file after a key compromise, an attacker can produce update files referring to an old root.json fi...

CVE-2015-9259

CVE-2015-9259 affects Docker Notary prior to 0.1. The vulnerability is in the checkRoot function in gotuf/client/client.go, which does not verify the expiry of root.json files as documented. As a result, even if a new root.json is deployed after a key is compromised, an attacker can craft update ...