Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding 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
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-CONTAINERTOOLS-6058986
  • published15 Nov 2023
  • disclosed20 Apr 2023

Introduced: 20 Apr 2023

CVE-2023-24539  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-176  (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.

Angle brackets (<>) are not considered dangerous characters when inserted into CSS contexts. Templates containing multiple actions separated by a '/' character can result in unexpectedly closing the CSS context and allowing for injection of unexpected HTML, if executed with untrusted input.

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