CVE-2021-43816
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-01-05 18:55
Modified
2024-08-04 04:03
Severity ?
8.0 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Improper Preservation of Permissions in containerd
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/containerd/containerd/commit/a731039238c62be081eb8c31525b988415745eeaPatch, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/containerd/containerd/issues/6194Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/containerd/containerd/security/advisories/GHSA-mvff-h3cj-wj9cThird Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/dweomer/containerd/commit/f7f08f0e34fb97392b0d382e58916d6865100299Patch, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GD5GH7NMK5VJMA2Y5CYB5O5GTPYMWMLX/
security-advisories@github.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MPDIZMI7ZPERSZE2XO265UCK5IWM7CID/
Impacted products
containerdcontainerd
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