Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness Affecting container-tools:rhel8/runc package, versions <1:1.1.9-1.module+el8.9.0+19648+0d5ae0ec


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-CONTAINERTOOLS-5326449
  • published30 Mar 2023
  • disclosed29 Mar 2023

Introduced: 29 Mar 2023

CVE-2023-28642  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-305  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 container-tools:rhel8/runc to version 1:1.1.9-1.module+el8.9.0+19648+0d5ae0ec or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:6939.

NVD Description

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

runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification. It was found that AppArmor can be bypassed when /proc inside the container is symlinked with a specific mount configuration. This issue has been fixed in runc version 1.1.5, by prohibiting symlinked /proc. See PR #3785 for details. users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should avoid using an untrusted container image.

CVSS Scores

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