Important: container-tools:4.0 security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-39326   CVE-2023-45287   CVE-2024-21626  

Synopsis

Important: container-tools:4.0 security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

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Topic

An update for the container-tools:4.0 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

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):

  • runc: file descriptor leak ("Leaky Vessels") (CVE-2024-21626)

A Red Hat Security Bulletin which addresses further details about the Leaky Vessels flaw is available in the References section.

  • golang: net/http/internal: Denial of Service (DoS) via Resource Consumption via HTTP requests (CVE-2023-39326)
  • golang: crypto/tls: Timing Side Channel attack in RSA based TLS key exchanges. (CVE-2023-45287)

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

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

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

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64

Fixes

  • BZ - 2253193 - CVE-2023-45287 golang: crypto/tls: Timing Side Channel attack in RSA based TLS key exchanges.
  • BZ - 2253330 - CVE-2023-39326 golang: net/http/internal: Denial of Service (DoS) via Resource Consumption via HTTP requests
  • BZ - 2258725 - CVE-2024-21626 runc: file descriptor leak
  • RHEL-15029 - podman load compressed tar file failed with container-tools:4.0
  • RHEL-17145 - podman load compressed tar file failed with container-tools:4.0 - RHEL 8.9