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CVE-2024-9676

Podman: buildah: cri-o: symlink traversal vulnerability in the containers/storage library can cause denial of service (dos)

Published: Oct 15, 2024Updated: Apr 3, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-22
6.5MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.3%
Top 31.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

A vulnerability was found in Podman, Buildah, and CRI-O. A symlink traversal vulnerability in the containers/storage library can cause Podman, Buildah, and CRI-O to hang and result in a denial of service via OOM kill when running a malicious image using an automatically assigned user namespace (`--userns=auto` in Podman and Buildah). The containers/storage library will read /etc/passwd inside the container, but does not properly validate if that file is a symlink, which can be used to cause the library to read an arbitrary file on the host.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected Products

Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka redhat, Red Hat
openshift container platformOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
openshift container platform for arm64On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
openshift container platform for ibm zOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
openshift container platform for linuxoneOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
openshift container platform for powerOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
enterprise linux for arm 64On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
enterprise linux for arm 64 eusOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
Debian GNU/LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ООО «Ред Софт»
commercial·RUaka red soft
РЕД ОСOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Fedora Project
oss-project·USaka fedora
FedoraOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
АО «НППКТ»
commercial·RU
ОСОН ОСнова ОnyxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
Workaround Available
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Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
Discovery
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References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10289
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8418
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8428
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