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GLSA-202105-33 : containerd: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 156977

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202105-33 (containerd: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in containerd. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A local attacker, able to run a malicious container in the same network namespace as the shim, could possibly escalate privileges. Furthermore, an attacker could disclose sensitive information.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All containerd users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-emulation/containerd-1.4.4'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-33

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 156977

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202105-33.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 1/24/2022

Updated: 12/21/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-21334

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:containerd, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/26/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/1/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15257, CVE-2021-21334

GLSA: 202105-33