cve-2021-20264
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-10-06 15:12
Modified
2024-08-03 17:37
Severity ?
Summary
An insecure modification flaw in the /etc/passwd file was found in the openjdk-1.8 and openjdk-11 containers. This flaw allows an attacker with access to the container to modify the /etc/passwd and escalate their privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1932283Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1932283Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a containers/openjdk Version: openjdk 1.8
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