Improper Preservation of Permissions Affecting github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer package, versions <1.1.5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (14th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMOPENCONTAINERSRUNCLIBCONTAINER-5296696
  • published 30 Mar 2023
  • disclosed 30 Mar 2023
  • credit ssst0n3

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer to version 1.1.5 or higher.

Overview

github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer is a package for a modern container runtime.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Preservation of Permissions when AppArmor can be bypassed when /proc inside the container is symlinked with a specific mount configuration.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
7.8 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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NVD

7.8 high
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SUSE

6.1 medium
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Red Hat

7.8 high