Incorrect Default Permissions Affecting container-tools:rhel8/conmon package, versions <2:2.1.0-1.module+el8.6.0+14673+621cb8be


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-CONTAINERTOOLS-4299022
  • published1 Apr 2022
  • disclosed30 Mar 2022

Introduced: 30 Mar 2022

CVE-2022-27650  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-276  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 container-tools:rhel8/conmon to version 2:2.1.0-1.module+el8.6.0+14673+621cb8be or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:1762.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream container-tools:rhel8/conmon package and not the container-tools:rhel8/conmon package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in crun where containers were incorrectly started with non-empty default permissions. A vulnerability was found in Moby (Docker Engine) where containers were started incorrectly with non-empty inheritable Linux process capabilities. This flaw allows an attacker with access to programs with inheritable file capabilities to elevate those capabilities to the permitted set when execve(2) runs.

CVSS Scores

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