The Docker Enterprise hosts UTS namespace must not be shared.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-235811	DKER-EE-002060	SV-235811r627560_rule		Medium

Description
UTS namespaces provide isolation of two system identifiers: the hostname and the NIS domain name. It is used for setting the hostname and the domain that is visible to running processes in that namespace. Processes running within containers do not typically require to know hostname and domain name. Hence, the namespace should not be shared with the host. Sharing the UTS namespace with the host provides full permission to the container to change the hostname of the host. This must not be allowed. By default, all containers have the UTS namespace enabled and host UTS namespace is not shared with any container.

Description

UTS namespaces provide isolation of two system identifiers: the hostname and the NIS domain name. It is used for setting the hostname and the domain that is visible to running processes in that namespace. Processes running within containers do not typically require to know hostname and domain name. Hence, the namespace should not be shared with the host. Sharing the UTS namespace with the host provides full permission to the container to change the hostname of the host. This must not be allowed. By default, all containers have the UTS namespace enabled and host UTS namespace is not shared with any container.

STIG	Date
Docker Enterprise 2.x Linux/UNIX Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-03-26

Details

Check Text ( C-39030r627558_chk )
This check only applies to the use of Docker Engine - Enterprise on a Linux host operating system and should be executed on all nodes in a Docker Enterprise cluster. Ensure the host's UTS namespace is not shared. via CLI: Linux: As a Docker EE Admin, execute the following command using a Universal Control Plane (UCP) client bundle: docker ps --quiet --all \| xargs docker inspect --format '{{ .Id }}: UTSMode={{ .HostConfig.UTSMode }}' If the above command returns host, it means the host UTS namespace is shared with the container and this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-39030r627558_chk )

This check only applies to the use of Docker Engine - Enterprise on a Linux host operating system and should be executed on all nodes in a Docker Enterprise cluster.

Ensure the host's UTS namespace is not shared.

via CLI:

Linux: As a Docker EE Admin, execute the following command using a Universal Control Plane (UCP) client bundle:

docker ps --quiet --all | xargs docker inspect --format '{{ .Id }}: UTSMode={{ .HostConfig.UTSMode }}'

If the above command returns host, it means the host UTS namespace is shared with the container and this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-38993r627559_fix)
This fix only applies to the use of Docker Engine - Enterprise on a Linux host operating system. Do not start a container with --uts=host argument. For example, do not start a container as below: docker run --rm --interactive --tty --uts=host rhel7.2