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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : runC vulnerabilities (USN-6088-2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 176257

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6088-2 advisory.

 USN-6088-1 fixed vulnerabilities in runC. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

 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-2019-19921)

 Felix Wilhelm discovered that runC incorrecly handled netlink

 messages. An attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. (CVE-2021-43784)

 Andrew G. Morgan discovered that runC incorrectly set inherited process capabilities inside the container.
 An attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. (CVE-2022-29162)



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.

Solution

Update the affected golang-github-opencontainers-runc-dev and / or runc packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6088-2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 176257

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6088-2.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/23/2023

Updated: 10/29/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-43784

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-28642

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:runc, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-github-opencontainers-runc-dev

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/23/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/28/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-19921, CVE-2021-43784, CVE-2022-29162, CVE-2023-25809, CVE-2023-27561, CVE-2023-28642

USN: 6088-2