Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness Affecting containers-common package, versions <2:1-38.module+el8.9.0+19098+6e7a5e3f


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-CONTAINERSCOMMON-6059095
  • published15 Nov 2023
  • disclosed29 Mar 2023

Introduced: 29 Mar 2023

CVE-2023-28642  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-305  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 containers-common to version 2:1-38.module+el8.9.0+19098+6e7a5e3f or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream containers-common package and not the containers-common package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification. It was found that AppArmor can be bypassed when /proc inside the container is symlinked with a specific mount configuration. This issue has been fixed in runc version 1.1.5, by prohibiting symlinked /proc. See PR #3785 for details. users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should avoid using an untrusted container image.

CVSS Scores

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