apptainer prior 1.2.1 privilege dropping

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in apptainer. It has been rated as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2023-38496. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in apptainer. It has been rated as problematic. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-271. The product does not drop privileges before passing control of a resource to an actor that does not have those privileges. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 07/25/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-38496 since 07/18/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 1.2.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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NVD Base Score: 3.3
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CNA Base Score: 6.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege dropping
CWE: CWE-271 / CWE-270 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: apptainer 1.2.1
Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

07/18/2023 🔍
07/25/2023 +7 days 🔍
07/25/2023 +0 days 🔍
08/18/2023 +24 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: GHSA-mmx5-32m4-wxvx
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-38496 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-38496
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-235403

Entryinfo

Created: 07/25/2023 17:09
Updated: 08/18/2023 15:20
Changes: 07/25/2023 17:09 (34), 08/18/2023 15:13 (3), 08/18/2023 15:20 (22)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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