SUSE update for podman

1) Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

EUVDB-ID: #VU74843

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-0778

CWE-ID: CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition. A remote attacker can 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.

Mitigation

Update the affected package podman to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher: 5.2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15: SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS: 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15: SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15: SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15: SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15: SP3

SUSE Enterprise Storage: 7.1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro: 5.1 - 5.2

podman-debuginfo: before 4.4.4-150300.9.20.1

podman-cni-config: before 4.4.4-150300.9.20.1

podman: before 4.4.4-150300.9.20.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_micro_for_rancher:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_for_sap_applications_15:SP3:*:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_15_sp3_ltss:15-SP3:*:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_15:SP3:*:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing_ltss_15:SP3:*:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing_espos_15:SP3:*:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing_15:SP3:*:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_enterprise_storage:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_micro:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_micro:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2023/suse-su-20231812-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.