Placement of User into Incorrect Group Affecting containers-common package, versions <2:1-43.0.1.module+el8.7.0+20877+e0f9ac15


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE8-CONTAINERSCOMMON-3118718
  • published 16 Nov 2022
  • disclosed 13 Sep 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 containers-common to version 2:1-43.0.1.module+el8.7.0+20877+e0f9ac15 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2022-7822.

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 Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An incorrect handling of the supplementary groups in the Buildah container engine might lead to the sensitive information disclosure or possible data modification if an attacker has direct access to the affected container where supplementary groups are used to set access permissions and is able to execute a binary code in that container.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7.1 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)
    None
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Red Hat

7.1 high
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SUSE

4.4 medium