Use After Free Affecting podman-docker package, versions <0:1.6.4-10.rhaos4.3.el8


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.17% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-PODMANDOCKER-4398958
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed16 Jan 2020

Introduced: 16 Jan 2020

CVE-2020-8945  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 podman-docker to version 0:1.6.4-10.rhaos4.3.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:1396.

NVD Description

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

The proglottis Go wrapper before 0.1.1 for the GPGME library has a use-after-free, as demonstrated by use for container image pulls by Docker or CRI-O. This leads to a crash or potential code execution during GPG signature verification.

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