Information Exposure Affecting singularity-container package, versions <2.5.2-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-SINGULARITYCONTAINER-263194
  • published11 Jul 2018
  • disclosed5 Jul 2018

Introduced: 5 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-12021  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable singularity-container to version 2.5.2-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream singularity-container package and not the singularity-container package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

Singularity 2.3.0 through 2.5.1 is affected by an incorrect access control on systems supporting overlay file system. When using the overlay option, a malicious user may access sensitive information by exploiting a few specific Singularity features.