RHEL 9 : runc (RHSA-2024:2180)

high Nessus Plugin ID 194788

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-2024:2180 advisory.

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

Security Fix(es):

* golang: io/fs: stack exhaustion in Glob (CVE-2022-30630)

* golang: compress/gzip: stack exhaustion in Reader.Read (CVE-2022-30631)

* golang: path/filepath: stack exhaustion in Glob (CVE-2022-30632)

* golang: crypto/tls: Timing Side Channel attack in RSA based TLS key exchanges. (CVE-2023-45287)

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 9.4 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-2024:2180.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?ac2fc302

http://www.nessus.org/u?d922e0bf

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2180

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2107342

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2107371

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2107386

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2253193

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-25116

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 194788

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-2180.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/30/2024

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-45287

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/30/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/13/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-30630, CVE-2022-30631, CVE-2022-30632, CVE-2023-45287

CWE: 1325, 208

RHSA: 2024:2180