Amazon Linux AMI update for docker

1) Improper Privilege Management

EUVDB-ID: #VU72321

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-36109

CWE-ID: CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

aarch64:
    docker-debuginfo-20.10.17-1.amzn2023.0.6.aarch64
    docker-20.10.17-1.amzn2023.0.6.aarch64
    docker-debugsource-20.10.17-1.amzn2023.0.6.aarch64

src:
    docker-20.10.17-1.amzn2023.0.6.src

x86_64:
    docker-debuginfo-20.10.17-1.amzn2023.0.6.x86_64
    docker-20.10.17-1.amzn2023.0.6.x86_64
    docker-debugsource-20.10.17-1.amzn2023.0.6.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

docker: before 20.10.17-1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:amazon_web_services:amazon_linux_ami:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:amazon_web_services:docker:*:*:*:*:*:amazon_linux_ami:*:*

External links

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2023-143.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.