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CVE-2023-27561

Published: Mar 3, 2023Updated: Dec 6, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-706
7.0HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 63.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

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.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:HPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-706

Affected Products

redhat
commercial·USaka red hat
openshift container platformOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
enterprise linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
linuxfoundation
oss-project·USaka yocto, pytorch, everest
runcLibraryLibrary
AI / ML
debian
oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux
debian linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Go
package-ecosystem
github.com/opencontainers/runc
OSS Libraries
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
Debian GNU/LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
commercial·RUaka rusbitech-astra
Astra Linux Special EditionOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

https://gist.github.com/LiveOverflow/c937820b688922eb127fb760ce06dab9
gist.github.com
https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/issues/2197#issuecomment-1437617334
github.com
https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/issues/3751
github.com
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