FKIE_CVE-2022-4318

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-09-25 20:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:20
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A vulnerability was found in cri-o. This issue allows the addition of arbitrary lines into /etc/passwd by use of a specially crafted environment variable.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1033Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1503Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4318Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2152703Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1033Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1503Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4318Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2152703Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
kubernetes cri-o -
redhat openshift_container_platform_for_arm64 4.12
redhat openshift_container_platform_for_linuxone 4.12
redhat openshift_container_platform_for_power 4.12
redhat openshift_container_platform_ibm_z_systems 4.12
redhat enterprise_linux 8.0
redhat openshift_container_platform_for_arm64 4.12
redhat openshift_container_platform_for_linuxone 4.12
redhat openshift_container_platform_for_power 4.12
redhat openshift_container_platform_ibm_z_systems 4.12
redhat enterprise_linux 9.0
fedoraproject extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux 8.0
fedoraproject fedora 36
fedoraproject fedora 37
redhat openshift_container_platform_for_arm64 4.11
redhat openshift_container_platform_for_linuxone 4.11
redhat openshift_container_platform_for_power 4.11
redhat openshift_container_platform_ibm_z_systems 4.11
redhat enterprise_linux 8.0
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