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CentOS 8 : container-tools:2.0 (CESA-2021:0706)

high Nessus Plugin ID 146963

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2021:0706 advisory.

 - podman: container users permissions are not respected in privileged containers (CVE-2021-20188)

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 packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0706

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 146963

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2021-0706.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/3/2021

Updated: 2/8/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-20188

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:container-selinux, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:udica, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:conmon, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:criu, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:runc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-podman-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:buildah-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:toolbox, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:skopeo-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:crit, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-podman, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:containernetworking-plugins, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:containers-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:buildah, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:fuse-overlayfs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:skopeo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-criu, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:slirp4netns

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/2/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/11/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-20188

RHSA: 2021:0706