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CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: podman (CVE-2022-27649)

high Nessus Plugin ID 172921

Synopsis

The remote CBL Mariner host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of podman installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2022-27649 advisory.

 - A flaw was found in Podman, where containers were started incorrectly with non-empty default permissions.
 A vulnerability was found in Moby (Docker Engine), where containers were started incorrectly with non- empty inheritable Linux process capabilities. This flaw allows an attacker with access to programs with inheritable file capabilities to elevate those capabilities to the permitted set when execve(2) runs.
 (CVE-2022-27649)

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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-27649

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 172921

File Name: mariner_podman_CVE-2022-27649.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 3/20/2023

Updated: 3/20/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-2022-27649

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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:microsoft:cbl-mariner:podman, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:podman-tests, x-cpe:/o:microsoft:cbl-mariner, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:podman-gvproxy, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:podman-remote, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:podman-plugins, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:podman-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:podman-docker

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/12/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/4/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-27649