CVE-2023-27561
Public on 2023-03-03
Modified on 2024-04-29
Description
runc through 1.1.4 has Incorrect Access Control leading to Escalation of Privileges, related to libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go. To exploit this, an attacker must be able to spawn two containers with custom volume-mount configurations, and be able to run custom images. NOTE: this issue exists because of a CVE-2019-19921 regression.
Severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | runc | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Docker Extra | runc | 2023-05-25 | ALAS2DOCKER-2023-025 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Ecs Extra | runc | 2023-05-25 | ALAS2ECS-2023-004 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Aws-nitro-enclaves-cli Extra | runc | 2023-05-25 | ALAS2NITRO-ENCLAVES-2023-024 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | runc | 2023-06-07 | ALAS2023-2023-208 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 7.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 7.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |