QID 239825

Date Published: 2021-11-10

QID 239825: Red Hat Update for container-tools:rhel8 security (RHSA-2021:4154)

the container-tools module contains tools for working with containers, notably podman, buildah, skopeo, and runc.

Security Fix(es):
  • buildah: host environment variables leaked in build container when using chroot isolation (cve-2021-3602)
  • containers/storage: dos via malicious image (cve-2021-20291)

Affected Products:

  • Red Hat enterprise linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for ibm z systems 8 s390x
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for power, little endian 8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for arm 64 8 aarch64



Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

On successful exploitation, it could allow an attacker to execute code.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 6.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.1 severity.
    • Solution
    Upgrade to the latest packages which contain a patch.

    Refer to Refer to :
    Applying Package Updates to RHEL system     for details.

    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2021:4154 Update to address this issue and obtain more information.

    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 239825

    CVE-2021-3602 | CVE-2021-20291 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2021:4154 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4154
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