AlmaLinux 8 : container-tools:rhel8 (ALSA-2024:0752)

high Nessus Plugin ID 190355

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2024:0752 advisory.

- runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers on Linux according to the OCI specification. In runc 1.1.11 and earlier, due to an internal file descriptor leak, an attacker could cause a newly-spawned container process (from runc exec) to have a working directory in the host filesystem namespace, allowing for a container escape by giving access to the host filesystem (attack 2). The same attack could be used by a malicious image to allow a container process to gain access to the host filesystem through runc run (attack 1). Variants of attacks 1 and 2 could be also be used to overwrite semi-arbitrary host binaries, allowing for complete container escapes (attack 3a and attack 3b). runc 1.1.12 includes patches for this issue. (CVE-2024-21626)

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-0752.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 190355

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2024-0752.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 2/9/2024

Updated: 2/12/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-21626

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:podman-docker, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:podman-gvproxy, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:fuse-overlayfs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:crit, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:cockpit-podman, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:podman-remote, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:criu-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-criu, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:containernetworking-plugins, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:buildah-tests, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:podman-plugins, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:podman-catatonit, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:buildah, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:containers-common, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:oci-seccomp-bpf-hook, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:skopeo-tests, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:criu, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:skopeo, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:conmon, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:podman, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-podman, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libslirp, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:runc, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:crun, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:udica, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:criu-libs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:container-selinux, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:aardvark-dns, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libslirp-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:slirp4netns, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:netavark, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:podman-tests, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:toolbox, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:toolbox-tests

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/8/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/31/2024

Exploitable With

Metasploit (runc (docker) File Descriptor Leak Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-21626

CWE: 200