Placement of User into Incorrect Group Affecting buildah package, versions <1:1.27.0-2.el9


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on AlmaLinux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALMALINUX9-BUILDAH-5656834
  • published 28 May 2023
  • disclosed 15 Nov 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 buildah to version 1:1.27.0-2.el9 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2022:8008.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream buildah package and not the buildah package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

An incorrect handling of the supplementary groups in the Podman container engine might lead to the sensitive information disclosure or possible data modification if an attacker has direct access to the affected container where supplementary groups are used to set access permissions and is able to execute a binary code in that container.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7.1 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    None
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SUSE

4.4 medium
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Red Hat

3.6 low