CVE-2019-16884

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2019-16884  

Impact: Moderate Public Date: 2019-09-22 CWE: CWE-41 Bugzilla: 1757214: CVE-2019-16884 runc: AppArmor can be bypassed by a malicious image that specifies a volume at /proc runc through 1.0.0-rc8, as used in Docker through 19.03.2-ce and other products, allows AppArmor restriction bypass because libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go incorrectly checks mount targets, and thus a malicious Docker image can mount over a /proc directory.

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

runc through 1.0.0-rc8, as used in Docker through 19.03.2-ce and other products, allows AppArmor restriction bypass because libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go incorrectly checks mount targets, and thus a malicious Docker image can mount over a /proc directory.

Find out more about CVE-2019-16884 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 7.5
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact None

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.1 runc Under investigation
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9 runc Under investigation
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 runc Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 runc Under investigation
Unless explicitly stated as not affected, all previous versions of packages in any minor update stream of a product listed here should be assumed vulnerable, although may not have been subject to full analysis.