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Gentoo: GLSA-202311-13 high: Apptainer privilege escalation

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Calendar Grey November 25, 2023
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
An urgent security vulnerability identified in Apptainer requires all users to perform updates to protect their environments effectively.
A privilege escalation vulnerability has been discoverd in Apptainer.

Summary

A vulnerability has been discovered in Apptainer. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity gentoo privilege escalation use-after-free apptainer

Resolution

All Apptainer users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-containers/apptainer-1.1.8"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2023-30549 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30549

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-13
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: High
Title: Apptainer: Privilege Escalation
Date: November 25, 2023
Bugs: #905091
ID: 202311-13

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity gentoo privilege escalation use-after-free apptainer

Synopsis

A privilege escalation vulnerability has been discoverd in Apptainer.

Background

Apptainer is the container system for secure high-performance computing.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected ------------------------ ------------ ------------ app-containers/apptainer < 1.1.8 >= 1.1.8

Impact

There is an ext4 use-after-free flaw that is exploitable in vulnerable versions.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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