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CVE-2023-27561

Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference

Published: Mar 03, 2023 | Modified: Dec 06, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27561
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/706.html

runc through 1.1.4 has Incorrect Access Control leading to Escalation of Privileges, related to libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go. To exploit this, an attacker must be able to spawn two containers with custom volume-mount configurations, and be able to run custom images. NOTE: this issue exists because of a CVE-2019-19921 regression.

Weakness

The product uses a name or reference to access a resource, but the name/reference resolves to a resource that is outside of the intended control sphere.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
RuncLinuxfoundation*1.1.5 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatcontainer-tools:4.0-8090020230828093056.e7857ab1*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatcontainer-tools:rhel8-8090020230825121312.e7857ab1*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9RedHatrunc-4:1.1.9-1.el9*
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13RedHatopenshift4/ose-vsphere-csi-driver-syncer-rhel8:v4.13.0-202304190216.p0.g6f4295b.assembly.stream*
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13RedHatrunc-4:1.1.6-4.rhaos4.13.el8*
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14RedHatopenshift4/ose-vsphere-csi-driver-syncer-rhel8:v4.14.0-202310201027.p0.ga5ed57f.assembly.stream*
RuncUbuntubionic*
RuncUbuntudevel*
RuncUbuntuesm-apps/bionic*
RuncUbuntuesm-apps/xenial*
RuncUbuntuesm-infra/focal*
RuncUbuntufocal*
RuncUbuntujammy*
RuncUbuntukinetic*
RuncUbuntulunar*
RuncUbuntutrusty*
RuncUbuntuxenial*

References

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