The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6088-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that runC incorrectly made /sys/fs/cgroup writable when in rootless mode. An attacker     could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. (CVE-2023-25809)

    It was discovered that runC incorrectly performed access control when mounting /proc to non-directories.
    An attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. (CVE-2023-27561)

    It was discovered that runC incorrectly handled /proc and

    /sys mounts inside a container. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass AppArmor, and     potentially SELinux. (CVE-2023-28642)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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

Detections

Analytics

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 : runC vulnerabilities (USN-6088-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 176064

Version 1.4

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Version 1.4 Aug 28, 2024, 7:43 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202408281943
Version 1.3 Oct 21, 2023, 5:06 AM Detection Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202310210506
Version 1.2 May 19, 2023, 4:01 AM Detection Plugin Feed: 202305190401
Version 1.1 May 18, 2023, 9:01 PM Detection Plugin Feed: 202305182101
Version 1.0 May 18, 2023, 5:00 PM New Plugin Feed: 202305181700