Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU98817
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 2.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-9676
CWE-ID:
CWE-61 - UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a symlink following issue when running a malicious image using an automatically assigned user namespace (`--userns=auto` in Podman and Buildah). A local user can create a symbolic link to an arbitrary file on the system, force the library to read it and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Update the affected package podman to the latest version.
Vulnerable software versionsopenSUSE Leap Micro: 5.5
Containers Module: 15-SP5 - 15-SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15: SP5 - SP6
openSUSE Leap: 15.5 - 15.6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15: SP5 - SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15: SP5 - SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro: 5.5
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15: SP5
podman-docker: before 4.9.5-150500.3.28.1
podman-remote-debuginfo: before 4.9.5-150500.3.28.1
podmansh: before 4.9.5-150500.3.28.1
podman-remote: before 4.9.5-150500.3.28.1
podman: before 4.9.5-150500.3.28.1
podman-debuginfo: before 4.9.5-150500.3.28.1
CPE2.3http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20243753-1/
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.