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CVE-2021-3101 (GCVE-0-2021-3101)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-04-19 22:15 – Updated: 2024-09-17 02:58
VLAI
Title
Hotdog Container Escape
Summary
Hotdog, prior to v1.0.1, did not mimic the capabilities or the SELinux label of the target JVM process. This would allow a container to gain full privileges on the host, bypassing restrictions set on the container.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Amazon Web Services Hotdog Affected: unspecified , < 1.0.1 (custom)
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Date Public
2022-04-19 00:00
Credits
Yuval Avrahami, Palo Alto Networks
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