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Gentoo: GLSA-202408-25 Moderate: runc Privilege Escalation Threat

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Calendar Grey August 11, 2024
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Identify various flaws in runc that could allow for elevated permissions. Ensure immediate updates in accordance with the Gentoo advisory GLAS 202408-25.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in runc, the worst of which could lead to privilege escalation.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in runc. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue gentoo privilege escalation multiple vulnerabilities normal severity runc

Resolution

All runc users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-containers/runc-1.1.12"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2021-43784 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43784 [ 2 ] CVE-2022-29162 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29162 [ 3 ] CVE-2023-25809 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25809 [ 4 ] CVE-2023-27561 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27561 [ 5 ] CVE-2023-28642 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28642 [ 6 ] CVE-2024-21626 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21626

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202408-25
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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.

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Severity: Normal
Title: runc: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: August 11, 2024
Bugs: #828471, #844085, #903079, #923434
ID: 202408-25

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security advisory security issue gentoo privilege escalation multiple vulnerabilities normal severity runc

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in runc, the worst of which could lead to privilege escalation.

Background

runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers on Linux according to the OCI specification.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected ------------------- ------------ ------------ app-containers/runc < 1.1.12 >= 1.1.12

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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