Path Equivalence Affecting container-tools:rhel8/podman-plugins package, versions <3:4.6.1-4.module+el8.9.0+19761+326da906


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-CONTAINERTOOLS-6058632
  • published15 Nov 2023
  • disclosed20 Feb 2023

Introduced: 20 Feb 2023

CVE-2023-27561  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-41  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 container-tools:rhel8/podman-plugins to version 3:4.6.1-4.module+el8.9.0+19761+326da906 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/podman-plugins package and not the container-tools:rhel8/podman-plugins package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

runc through 1.1.4 has Incorrect Access Control leading to Escalation of Privileges, related to libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go. To exploit this, an attacker must be able to spawn two containers with custom volume-mount configurations, and be able to run custom images. NOTE: this issue exists because of a CVE-2019-19921 regression.

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