Origin validation error in Podman - CVE-2021-20199

Vulnerability identifier: #VU50275

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-20199

CWE-ID: CWE-346

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to missing authentication when connecting from all sources. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request and bypass access restrictions to containerized applications.

Podman
Oracle Linux
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
openSUSE Leap Micro
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers
openSUSE Leap
podman (Red Hat package)
podman
podman-debuginfo
podman-cni-config
podman-remote
podman-remote-debuginfo
podman-docker
libcontainers-common

Install updates from vendor's website.

Podman - update to 3.0.0
podman (Red Hat package) - update to 4.2.0-3.el9
podman - addressed in versions 4.3.1-150300.9.15.1, 4.3.1-150400.4.11.1
podman-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.3.1-150300.9.15.1, 4.3.1-150400.4.11.1
podman-cni-config - addressed in versions 4.3.1-150300.9.15.1, 4.3.1-150400.4.11.1
podman-remote - update to 4.3.1-150400.4.11.1
podman-remote-debuginfo - update to 4.3.1-150400.4.11.1
podman-docker - update to 4.3.1-150400.4.11.1
libcontainers-common - update to 20210626-150100.3.15.1

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1919050
• https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/5138
• https://github.com/containers/podman/pull/9052
• https://github.com/rootless-containers/rootlesskit/pull/206
• https://github.com/containers/podman/releases/tag/v3.0.0

• Origin validation error in Containers Podman
• SUSE update for libcontainers-common
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for podman
• SUSE update for podman
• SUSE update for podman
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Linux