SUSE update for containerd

Published: 2022-06-24

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2022-29162 CVE-2022-31030
CWE-ID	CWE-264 CWE-400
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Operating systems & Components / Operating system runc-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component runc Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component docker-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component docker Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component containerd Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	SUSE

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU63090

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-29162

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to containers are incorrectly started with non-empty inheritable Linux process capabilities, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.

Mitigation

Update the affected package containerd to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications: 12 - 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing: 12

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers: 12

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 12 SP2-LTSS-ERICSSON - 12-SP5

runc-debuginfo: before 1.1.3-16.21.1

runc: before 1.1.3-16.21.1

docker-debuginfo: before 20.10.17_ce-98.83.1

docker: before 20.10.17_ce-98.83.1

containerd: before 1.6.6-16.62.1

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2022/suse-su-20222165-1/

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.

2) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU64007