SB20240806133 - Amazon Linux AMI update for containerd
Published: August 6, 2024
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Security restrictions bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23648)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when handling specially crafted image configuration in containerd where containers launched through containerd’s CRI implementation. A remote attacker can bypass any policy-based enforcement on container setup and access the read-only copies of arbitrary files and directories on the host.
2) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24769)
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.
3) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-31030)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources within the ExecSync API. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
4) Improper Privilege Management (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-36109)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges.
The vulnerability exists due to improper privilege management caused by improper setup of supplementary groups. A local user can bypass primary group restrictions and compromise the container.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.