cri-o up to 1.28.6/1.29.4/1.30.0 /proc/mounts symlink

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in cri-o up to 1.28.6/1.29.4/1.30.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /proc/mounts. Such manipulation leads to symlink. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-5154. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in cri-o up to 1.28.6/1.29.4/1.30.0. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the file /proc/mounts. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a symlink vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-61. The product, when opening a file or directory, does not sufficiently account for when the file is a symbolic link that resolves to a target outside of the intended control sphere. This could allow an attacker to cause the product to operate on unauthorized files. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A flaw was found in cri-o. A malicious container can create a symbolic link pointing to an arbitrary directory or file on the host via directory traversal (“../“). This flaw allows the container to read and write to arbitrary files on the host system.

The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-5154 since 05/20/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 1.28.7, 1.29.5 or 1.30.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2024-2089). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• cri-o

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23
• 1.24
• 1.25
• 1.26
• 1.27
• 1.28
• 1.28.0
• 1.28.1
• 1.28.2
• 1.28.3
• 1.28.4
• 1.28.5
• 1.28.6
• 1.29
• 1.29.0
• 1.29.1
• 1.29.2
• 1.29.3
• 1.29.4
• 1.30.0

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