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GHSA-MMX5-32M4-WXVX

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-07-25 13:52 – Updated: 2023-07-25 13:52

Summary

Ineffective privileges drop when requesting container network

Details

Impact

Fix https://github.com/apptainer/apptainer/pull/1523 included in Apptainer 1.2.0-rc.2 has introduced an ineffective privilege drop when requesting container network setup, therefore subsequent functions are called with root privileges. The attack surface is rather limited for users but an attacker could possibly craft a starter config to delete any directory on the host filesystems. Only affects setuid installations of Apptainer.

Patches

The security fix https://github.com/apptainer/apptainer/pull/1578 has been included in Apptainer 1.2.1

Workarounds

There is no known workaround outside of upgrading to Apptainer 1.2.1

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

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        "name": "github.com/apptainer/apptainer"
      },
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        }
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  ],
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    "CVE-2023-38496"
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    "nvd_published_at": "2023-07-25T22:15:10Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\n\nFix https://github.com/apptainer/apptainer/pull/1523 included in Apptainer 1.2.0-rc.2 has introduced an ineffective privilege drop when requesting container network setup, therefore subsequent functions are called with root privileges.  The attack surface is rather limited for users but an attacker could possibly craft a starter config to delete any directory on the host filesystems.  Only affects setuid installations of Apptainer.  \n\n### Patches\n\nThe security fix https://github.com/apptainer/apptainer/pull/1578 has been included in Apptainer 1.2.1\n\n### Workarounds\n\nThere is no known workaround outside of upgrading to Apptainer 1.2.1",
  "id": "GHSA-mmx5-32m4-wxvx",
  "modified": "2023-07-25T13:52:20Z",
  "published": "2023-07-25T13:52:20Z",
  "references": [
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    },
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38496"
    },
    {
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    },
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    }
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}

CVE-2023-38496 (GCVE-0-2023-38496)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-07-25 21:02 – Updated: 2024-10-10 17:31

Title

Apptainer's ineffective privileges drop when requesting container network

Summary

Apptainer is an open source container platform. Version 1.2.0-rc.2 introduced an ineffective privilege drop when requesting container network setup, therefore subsequent functions are called with root privileges, the attack surface is rather limited for users but an attacker could possibly craft a starter config to delete any directory on the host filesystems. A security fix has been included in Apptainer 1.2.1. There is no known workaround outside of upgrading to Apptainer 1.2.1.

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-10-10 16:24 UTC

CWE

CWE-271 - Privilege Dropping / Lowering Errors
CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root Scorecard

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/apptainer/apptainer/security/a…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/apptainer/apptainer/pull/1523	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/apptainer/apptainer/pull/1578	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
apptainer	apptainer	Affected: >= 1.2.0-rc.2, < 1.2.1

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