Improper Privilege Management Affecting podman-tests package, versions <4:4.9.4-3.el9_4


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS9-PODMANTESTS-6459883
  • published 19 Mar 2024
  • disclosed 18 Mar 2024

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:9 podman-tests to version 4:4.9.4-3.el9_4 or higher.

NVD Description

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

A flaw was found in Buildah (and subsequently Podman Build) which allows containers to mount arbitrary locations on the host filesystem into build containers. A malicious Containerfile can use a dummy image with a symbolic link to the root filesystem as a mount source and cause the mount operation to mount the host root filesystem inside the RUN step. The commands inside the RUN step will then have read-write access to the host filesystem, allowing for full container escape at build time.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Red Hat

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

8.6 high