Information Exposure Affecting runc package, versions <0:1.1.11-1.amzn2023.0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.38% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-RUNC-6219982
  • published1 Feb 2024
  • disclosed31 Jan 2024

Introduced: 31 Jan 2024

CVE-2024-21626  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 runc to version 0:1.1.11-1.amzn2023.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2024-501.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream runc package and not the runc package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers on Linux according to the OCI specification. In runc 1.1.11 and earlier, due to an internal file descriptor leak, an attacker could cause a newly-spawned container process (from runc exec) to have a working directory in the host filesystem namespace, allowing for a container escape by giving access to the host filesystem ("attack 2"). The same attack could be used by a malicious image to allow a container process to gain access to the host filesystem through runc run ("attack 1"). Variants of attacks 1 and 2 could be also be used to overwrite semi-arbitrary host binaries, allowing for complete container escapes ("attack 3a" and "attack 3b"). runc 1.1.12 includes patches for this issue.

CVSS Scores

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