Fedora 36 update for podman



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2023-0778
CWE-ID CWE-367
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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Vendor Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

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

Upgrade podman to version 4.4.1-3.fc36.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 36

podman: before 4.4.1-3.fc36

CPE2.3 External links

http://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-998dbd3b79


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.



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