CVE-2018-12608 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2018-12608: An issue was discovered in Docker Moby before 17.06.0. The Docker engine validated a client TLS certificate using both the configured client CA root certificate and all system roots on non-Windows systems. This allowed a client with any domain validated certificate signed by a system-trusted root CA

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2018-12608 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

docker.io→ fixed in18.03.1+dfsg1-2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y docker.io
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

docker.io→ fixed in18.03.1+dfsg1-2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y docker.io
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

docker.io→ fixed in18.03.1+dfsg1-2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y docker.io
```

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