#VU13565 Privilege escalation in Podman - CVE-2018-10856


Vulnerability identifier: #VU13565

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 8.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10856

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Podman
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor: Container Projects

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The weakness exists due to the application does not drop capabilities when executing a container as a non-root user. A remote attacker can gain root privileges and conduct further attacks.

Mitigation
Update to version 0.6.1.

Vulnerable software versions

Podman: 0.3.2 - 0.5.3

External links
https://github.com/projectatomic/libpod/commit/bae80a0b663925ec751ad2784ca32989403cdc24

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.


Latest bulletins with this vulnerability


Red Hat Update for podman
Red Hat update for podman