RHEL 9 : runc (RHSA-2023:6380)

high Nessus Plugin ID 185109

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for runc.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:6380 advisory.

The runC tool is a lightweight, portable implementation of the Open Container Format (OCF) that provides container runtime.

Security Fix(es):

* golang: crypto/tls: large handshake records may cause panics (CVE-2022-41724)

* runc: Rootless runc makes `/sys/fs/cgroup` writable (CVE-2023-25809)

* runc: volume mount race condition (regression of CVE-2019-19921) (CVE-2023-27561)

* runc: AppArmor can be bypassed when `/proc` inside the container is symlinked with a specific mount configuration (CVE-2023-28642)

* runc: integer overflow in netlink bytemsg length field allows attacker to override netlink-based container configuration (CVE-2021-43784)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 RHEL runc package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:6380.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?5371f1df

http://www.nessus.org/u?619e5320

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6380

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2029439

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2175721

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2178492

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2182883

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2182884

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 185109

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-6380.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/7/2023

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

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:redhat:enterprise_linux:runc, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/7/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/6/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-43784, CVE-2022-41724, CVE-2023-25809, CVE-2023-27561, CVE-2023-28642

CWE: 190, 276, 305, 400, 41

RHSA: 2023:6380