QID 242458

Date Published: 2023-11-16

QID 242458: Red Hat Update for container-tools:4.0 (RHSA-2023:6938)

the container-tools module contains tools for working with containers, notably podman, buildah, skopeo, and runc...Security Fix(es):

    go-yaml: improve heuristics preventing cpu/memory abuse by parsing malicious or large yaml documents (cve-2022-3064).
    golang: html/template: improper handling of javascript whitespace (cve-2023-24540).
    net/http, golang.org/x/net/http2: avoid quadratic complexity in hpack decoding (cve-2022-41723).
    golang: crypto/tls: large handshake records may cause panics (cve-2022-41724).
    golang: net/http, mime/multipart: denial of service from excessive resource consumption (cve-2022-41725).
    golang.org/x/net/html: cross site scripting (cve-2023-3978).
    golang: net/http, net/textproto: denial of service from excessive memory allocation (cve-2023-24534).
    golang: net/http, net/textproto, mime/multipart: denial of service from excessive resource consumption (cve-2023-24536).
    golang: go/parser: infinite loop in parsing (cve-2023-24537).
    golang: html/template: backticks not treated as string delimiters (cve-2023-24538).
    golang: html/template: improper sanitization of css values (cve-2023-24539).
    runc: rootless runc makes `/sys/fs/cgroup` writable (cve-2023-25809).
    runc: volume mount race condition (regression of cve-2019-19921) (cve-2023-27561).
    runc: apparmor can be bypassed when `/proc` inside the container is symlinked with a specific mount configuration (cve-2023-28642).
    golang: html/template: improper handling of empty html attributes (cve-2023-29400).
    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.
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Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a security breach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 9.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.
    • Solution
    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2023:6938 for updates and patch information.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 242458

    CVE-2022-3064 | CVE-2022-41723 | CVE-2022-41724 | CVE-2022-41725 | CVE-2023-3978 | CVE-2023-24534 | CVE-2023-24536 | CVE-2023-24537 | CVE-2023-24538 | CVE-2023-24539 | CVE-2023-24540 | CVE-2023-25809 | CVE-2023-27561 | CVE-2023-28642 | CVE-2023-29400 | CVE-2023-29406 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2023:6938 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6938
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