Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : containerd vulnerability (USN-4653-2)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 145013

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4653-2 advisory.

USN-4653-1 fixed a vulnerability in containerd. Unfortunately, those containerd packages introduced a regression in docker.io and the update was reverted. This update addresses the docker.io issue and reintroduces the fixes from USN-4653-1. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected containerd package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4653-2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 145013

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4653-2.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/14/2021

Updated: 8/29/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15257

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.2

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:containerd, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/13/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/20/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15257

USN: 4653-2