GLSA-202210-19 : Apptainer: Lack of Digital Signature Hash Verification

critical Nessus Plugin ID 166719

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202210-19 (Apptainer: Lack of Digital Signature Hash Verification)

- syslabs/sif is the Singularity Image Format (SIF) reference implementation. In versions prior to 2.8.1the `github.com/sylabs/sif/v2/pkg/integrity` package did not verify that the hash algorithm(s) used are cryptographically secure when verifying digital signatures. A patch is available in version >= v2.8.1 of the module. Users are encouraged to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may independently validate that the hash algorithm(s) used for metadata digest(s) and signature hash are cryptographically secure.
(CVE-2022-39237)

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

Solution

All Apptainer users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=app-containers/apptainer-1.1.2

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-19

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=875869

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 166719

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202210-19.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 10/31/2022

Updated: 10/6/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-39237

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/31/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-39237