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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: Security Fix for Container Tools RHSA-2021-4222

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Calendar Grey November 9, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A notable security patch is released for container-tools:3.0 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Implement the update to strengthen your system's defenses.
An update for the container-tools:3.0 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

The container-tools module contains tools for working with containers, notably podman, buildah, skopeo, and runc.
Security Fix(es):
* buildah: Host environment variables leaked in build container when using chroot isolation (CVE-2021-3602)
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 8.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat bug fix security fix moderate impact module update container-tools

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3602 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.5_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source: buildah-1.19.9-1.module+el8.5.0+12236+c988d830.src.rpm cockpit-podman-29-2.module+el8.5.0+10306+3f72d66d.src.rpm conmon-2.0.26-1.module+el8.5.0+10306+3f72d66d.src.rpm container-selinux-2.167.0-1.module+el8.5.0+12609+beaa716d.src.rpm containernetworking-plugins-0.9.1-1.module+el8.5.0+10306+3f72d66d.src.rpm criu-3.15-1.module+el8.5.0+10306+3f72d66d.src.rpm crun-0.18-2.module+el8.5.0+10306+3f72d66d.src.rpm fuse-overlayfs-1.4.0-2.module+el8.5.0+10306+3f72d66d.src.rpm libslirp-4.3.1-1.module+el8.5.0+10306+3f72d66d.src.rpm oci-seccomp-bpf-hook-1.2.0-3.module+el8.5.0+11073+ba5c6d09.src.rpm podman-3.0.1-6.module+el8.5.0+12609+beaa716d.src.rpm runc-1.0.0-72.rc92.module+el8.5.0+12236+c988d830.src.rpm skopeo-1.2.2-10.module+el8.5.0+11808+4e1db630.src.rpm slirp4netns-1.1.8-1.module+el8.5.0+10306+3f72d66d.src.rpm toolbox-0.0.99-1.module+el8.5.0+10306+3f72d66d.src.rpm udica-0.2.4-1.module+el8.5.0+10306+3f72d66d.src.rpm
aarch64: buildah-1.19.9-1.module+el8.5.0+12236+c988d830.aarch64.rpm buildah-debuginfo-1.19.9-1.module+el8.5.0+12236+c988d830.aarch64.rpm buildah-debugsource-1.19.9-1.module+el8.5.0+12236+c988d830.aarch64.rpm buildah-tests-1.19.9-1.module+el8.5.0+12236+c988d830.aarch64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:4222-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4222
Issue date: 2021-11-09

Topic

An update for the container-tools:3.0 module is now available for Red HatEnterprise Linux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat bug fix security fix moderate impact module update container-tools

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1969264 - CVE-2021-3602 buildah: Host environment variables leaked in build container when using chroot isolation

1990406 - 3.0-8.5.0: Under load, container failed to be created due to missing cgroup scope

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