Rocky Linux 8 : container-tools:rhel8 (RLSA-2019:4269)

high Nessus Plugin ID 184994

Synopsis

The remote Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2019:4269 advisory.

- runc through 1.0.0-rc8, as used in Docker through 19.03.2-ce and other products, allows AppArmor restriction bypass because libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go incorrectly checks mount targets, and thus a malicious Docker image can mount over a /proc directory. (CVE-2019-16884)

- An issue was discovered in Podman in libpod before 1.6.0. It resolves a symlink in the host context during a copy operation from the container to the host, because an undesired glob operation occurs. An attacker could create a container image containing particular symlinks that, when copied by a victim user to the host filesystem, may overwrite existing files with others from the host. (CVE-2019-18466)

- Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to ping floods, potentially leading to a denial of service. The attacker sends continual pings to an HTTP/2 peer, causing the peer to build an internal queue of responses. Depending on how efficiently this data is queued, this can consume excess CPU, memory, or both.
(CVE-2019-9512)

- Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to a reset flood, potentially leading to a denial of service.
The attacker opens a number of streams and sends an invalid request over each stream that should solicit a stream of RST_STREAM frames from the peer. Depending on how the peer queues the RST_STREAM frames, this can consume excess memory, CPU, or both. (CVE-2019-9514)

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 packages.

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2019:4269

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1735645

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1735744

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1757214

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1764318

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1770176

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1774382

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 184994

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2019-4269.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 11/7/2023

Updated: 11/7/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-18466

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-16884

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:oci-systemd-hook, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:oci-systemd-hook-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:oci-systemd-hook-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:oci-umount, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:oci-umount-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:oci-umount-debugsource, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/17/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/9/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-16884, CVE-2019-18466, CVE-2019-9512, CVE-2019-9514