CVE-2024-45310 (Low) detected in github.com/opencontainers/runc-v1.1.12 - autoclosed

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CVE-2024-45310 - Low Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - github.com/opencontainers/runc-v1.1.12

CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification

Library home page: https://proxy.golang.org/github.com/opencontainers/runc/@v/v1.1.12.zip

Path to dependency file: /engine/go.mod

Path to vulnerable library: /go/pkg/mod/cache/download/github.com/opencontainers/runc/@v/v1.1.12.mod

Dependency Hierarchy:

• github.com/docker/dockeR-v24.0.9+incompatible (Root Library)
  • ❌ github.com/opencontainers/runc-v1.1.12 (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: b3ac62d12e3d43994ff7ad836e34da801ed665fb

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification. runc 1.1.13 and earlier, as well as 1.2.0-rc2 and earlier, can be tricked into creating empty files or directories in arbitrary locations in the host filesystem by sharing a volume between two containers and exploiting a race with os.MkdirAll. While this could be used to create empty files, existing files would not be truncated. An attacker must have the ability to start containers using some kind of custom volume configuration. Containers using user namespaces are still affected, but the scope of places an attacker can create inodes can be significantly reduced. Sufficiently strict LSM policies (SELinux/Apparmor) can also in principle block this attack -- we suspect the industry standard SELinux policy may restrict this attack's scope but the exact scope of protection hasn't been analysed. This is exploitable using runc directly as well as through Docker and Kubernetes. The issue is fixed in runc v1.1.14 and v1.2.0-rc3.

Some workarounds are available. Using user namespaces restricts this attack fairly significantly such that the attacker can only create inodes in directories that the remapped root user/group has write access to. Unless the root user is remapped to an actual
user on the host (such as with rootless containers that don't use /etc/sub[ug]id), this in practice means that an attacker would only be able to create inodes in world-writable directories. A strict enough SELinux or AppArmor policy could in principle also restrict the scope if a specific label is applied to the runc runtime, though neither the extent to which the standard existing policies block this attack nor what exact policies are needed to sufficiently restrict this attack have been thoroughly tested.

Publish Date: 2024-09-03

URL: CVE-2024-45310

CVSS 3 Score Details (3.6)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Local
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: Required
  • Scope: Changed
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: Low
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

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✔️ This issue was automatically closed by Mend because the vulnerable library in the specific branch(es) was either marked as ignored or it is no longer part of the Mend inventory.