CVE-2023-28642

CWE-281CWE-59CWE-30512 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
0.0%
top 98.25%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Opencontainers RuncGithub.com Opencontainers/runcLinuxfoundation Runc
Timeline
PublishedMar 29
Latest updateAug 20

Description

runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification. It was found that AppArmor can be bypassed when `/proc` inside the container is symlinked with a specific mount configuration. This issue has been fixed in runc version 1.1.5, by prohibiting symlinked `/proc`. See PR #3785 for details. users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should avoid using an untrusted container image.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:LExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.7

Affected Packages4 packages

▶CVEListV5opencontainers/runc< 1.1.5
▶Debianrunc< 1.0.0~rc93+ds1-5+deb11u5+3

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

6
OSV
AppArmor bypass with symlinked /proc in github.com/opencontainers/runc↗2024-08-20
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OSV
runc vulnerabilities↗2023-05-18
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GHSA
runc AppArmor bypass with symlinked /proc↗2023-03-30
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OSV
runc AppArmor bypass with symlinked /proc↗2023-03-30
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OSV
CVE-2023-28642: runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification↗2023-03-29
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
runC vulnerabilities↗2023-05-23
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Ubuntu
runC vulnerabilities↗2023-05-18
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Red Hat
runc: AppArmor can be bypassed when `/proc` inside the container is symlinked with a specific mount configuration↗2023-03-29
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Microsoft
AppArmor bypass with symlinked /proc in runc↗2023-03-14
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Debian
CVE-2023-28642: runc - runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI spec...↗2023
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CVE-2023-28642 (HIGH CVSS 7.8) | runc is a CLI tool for spawning and | cvebase.io