Important: container-tools:2.0 security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-1227   CVE-2022-27649   CVE-2022-27651  

Synopsis

Important: container-tools:2.0 security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

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Topic

An update for the container-tools:2.0 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

The container-tools module contains tools for working with containers, notably podman, buildah, skopeo, and runc.

Security Fix(es):

  • psgo: Privilege escalation in 'podman top' (CVE-2022-1227)
  • podman: Default inheritable capabilities for linux container should be empty (CVE-2022-27649)
  • buildah: Default inheritable capabilities for linux container should be empty (CVE-2022-27651)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.2 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.2 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.2 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.2 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.2 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.2 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.2 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.2 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 2066568 - CVE-2022-27649 podman: Default inheritable capabilities for linux container should be empty
  • BZ - 2066840 - CVE-2022-27651 buildah: Default inheritable capabilities for linux container should be empty
  • BZ - 2070368 - CVE-2022-1227 psgo: Privilege escalation in 'podman top'