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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS USN-6170-1 Moderate: Podman Untrusted Image Issue

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Calendar Grey June 19, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Security flaws in Podman can potentially enable unauthorized image retrievals in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Apply updates to safeguard your environment.
Podman could be made to pull an untrusted image.

Summary

Podman could be made to pull an untrusted image.

Software Description:

- libpod: engine to run OCI-based containers in Pods

Details:

It was discovered that Podman incorrectly handled certain images.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to pull an untrusted image.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate threat ubuntu container issue podman untrusted image libpod

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
  podman                          3.4.4+ds1-1ubuntu1.22.04.1
  podman-docker                   3.4.4+ds1-1ubuntu1.22.04.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6170-1

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libpod/+bug/2007972

June 16, 2023

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate threat ubuntu container issue podman untrusted image libpod

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libpod/3.4.4+ds1-1ubuntu1.22.04.1

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