{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-9259","details":"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update files referring to an old root.json file.","modified":"2025-07-17T16:52:26Z","published":"2018-03-31T21:29:00Z","withdrawn":"2025-07-18T16:43:21Z","upstream":["CVE-2015-9259"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-9259"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://docs.docker.com/notary/changelog/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/theupdateframework/notary/blob/master/docs/resources/ncc_docker_notary_audit_2015_07_31.pdf"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-9259"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"notary","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/notary@0.1~ds1-1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.1~ds1-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"golang-github-docker-notary-dev","binary_version":"0.1~ds1-1"},{"binary_name":"notary","binary_version":"0.1~ds1-1"},{"binary_name":"notary-dbgsym","binary_version":"0.1~ds1-1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-9259.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}