The version of runc installed on the remote host is prior to 1.1.5-1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2ECS-2023-004 advisory.

  - runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification. In affected     versions it was found that rootless runc makes `/sys/fs/cgroup` writable in following conditons: 1. when     runc is executed inside the user namespace, and the `config.json` does not specify the cgroup namespace to     be unshared (e.g.., `(docker|podman|nerdctl) run --cgroupns=host`, with Rootless Docker/Podman/nerdctl) or     2. when runc is executed outside the user namespace, and `/sys` is mounted with `rbind, ro` (e.g., `runc     spec --rootless`; this condition is very rare). A container may gain the write access to user-owned cgroup     hierarchy `/sys/fs/cgroup/user.slice/...` on the host . Other users's cgroup hierarchies are not affected.
    Users are advised to upgrade to version 1.1.5. Users unable to upgrade may unshare the cgroup namespace     (`(docker|podman|nerdctl) run --cgroupns=private)`. This is the default behavior of Docker/Podman/nerdctl     on cgroup v2 hosts. or add `/sys/fs/cgroup` to `maskedPaths`. (CVE-2023-25809)

  - runc through 1.1.4 has Incorrect Access Control leading to Escalation of Privileges, related to     libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go. To exploit this, an attacker must be able to spawn two containers with     custom volume-mount configurations, and be able to run custom images. NOTE: this issue exists because of a     CVE-2019-19921 regression. (CVE-2023-27561)

  - runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification. It was found     that AppArmor can be bypassed when `/proc` inside the container is symlinked with a specific mount     configuration. This issue has been fixed in runc version 1.1.5, by prohibiting symlinked `/proc`. See PR     #3785 for details. users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should avoid using an untrusted     container image. (CVE-2023-28642)

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

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Amazon Linux 2 : runc (ALASECS-2023-004)

high Nessus Plugin ID 178288

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Version 1.2 Sep 16, 2023, 12:10 AM Detection Plugin Feed: 202309160010
Version 1.1 Jul 14, 2023, 4:28 PM Exploit attributes ("Exploitability ease" changed from "No known exploits are available" to "Exploits are available") Plugin Feed: 202307141628
Version 1.0 Jul 14, 2023, 10:50 AM New Plugin Feed: 202307141050