SB20250317125 - Privilege escalation in Containerd
Published: March 17, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB20250317125
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40635)
CWE-ID: CWE-190 - Integer overflow
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow when handling a UID:GID larger than the maximum 32-bit signed integer. A local user can pass a large user identifier value to the application, trigger an integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://github.com/containerd/containerd/security/advisories/GHSA-265r-hfxg-fhmg
- https://github.com/containerd/containerd/commit/1a43cb6a1035441f9aca8f5666a9b3ef9e70ab20
- https://github.com/containerd/containerd/commit/05044ec0a9a75232cad458027ca83437aae3f4da
- https://github.com/containerd/containerd/commit/cf158e884cfe4812a6c371b59e4ea9bc4c46e51a