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Amazon Linux AMI : runc (ALAS-2021-1499)

high Nessus Plugin ID 149783

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of runc installed on the remote host is prior to 1.0.0-0.3.20210225.git12644e6.4. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS-2021-1499 advisory.

 The runc package is vulnerable to a symlink exchange attack whereby an attacker can request a seemingly innocuous container configuration that results in the host filesystem being bind-mounted into the container. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as to system availability. (CVE-2021-30465)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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

Run 'yum update runc' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2021-1499.html

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-30465

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 149783

File Name: ala_ALAS-2021-1499.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/19/2021

Updated: 12/11/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-30465

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:runc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:runc-debuginfo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-30465

ALAS: 2021-1499