Buffer Overflow Affecting github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer package, versions <1.0.3
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.82% (83rd
percentile)
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- published 6 Dec 2021
- disclosed 6 Dec 2021
- credit Felix Wilhelm
How to fix?
Upgrade github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer to version 1.0.3 or higher.
Overview
github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer is a package for a modern container runtime.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow when writing netlink messages. It is possible to have a byte array larger than UINT16_MAX which would result in the length field overflowing and allowing user-controlled data to be parsed as control characters.
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