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CVE-2023-0778

Published: Mar 27, 2023Updated: Feb 24, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-367
6.8MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 57.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

A Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) flaw was found in podman. This issue may allow a malicious user to replace a normal file in a volume with a symlink while exporting the volume, allowing for access to arbitrary files on the host file system.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-367

Affected Products

Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka redhat, red hat
Red Hat Enterprise LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat OpenShift Container PlatformOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
PodmanOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
podman project
oss-project·USaka podman
podmanOn-prem
Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration
ООО «Ред Софт»
commercial·RUaka red soft
РЕД ОСOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
АО «ИВК»
commercial·RUaka ivk
Альт 8 СПOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Go
package-ecosystem
github.com/containers/podman/v4
OSS Libraries
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2168256
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2168256
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://redos.red-soft.ru/support/secure/uyazvimosti/mnozhestvennye-uyazvimosti-podman-cve-2023-0778-cve-2022-27649-cve-2021-41190-cve-2021-4024-cve-2022/?sphrase_id=197317
redos.red-soft.ru
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