Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202408-25

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202408-25
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Severity: Normal
Title: runc: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: August 11, 2024
Bugs: #828471, #844085, #903079, #923434
ID: 202408-25

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in runc, the worst of
which could lead to privilege escalation.

Background
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runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers on Linux
according to the OCI specification.

Affected packages
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Package Vulnerable Unaffected
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app-containers/runc < 1.1.12 >= 1.1.12

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in runc. Please review the
CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All runc users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=app-containers/runc-1.1.12”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2021-43784
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43784
[ 2 ] CVE-2022-29162
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29162
[ 3 ] CVE-2023-25809
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25809
[ 4 ] CVE-2023-27561
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27561
[ 5 ] CVE-2023-28642
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28642
[ 6 ] CVE-2024-21626
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21626

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202408-25

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2024 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5