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CVE-2023-27561 Detail

Description

runc through 1.1.4 has Incorrect Access Control leading to Escalation of Privileges, related to libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go. To exploit this, an attacker must be able to spawn two containers with custom volume-mount configurations, and be able to run custom images. NOTE: this issue exists because of a CVE-2019-19921 regression.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://gist.github.com/LiveOverflow/c937820b688922eb127fb760ce06dab9 Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/issues/2197#issuecomment-1437617334 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/issues/3751 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00023.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ANUGDBJ7NBUMSUFZUSKU3ZMQYZ2Z3STN/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DHGVGGMKGZSJ7YO67TGGPFEHBYMS63VF/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNB2UEDIIJCRQW4WJLZOPQJZXCVSXMLD/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FYVE3GB4OG3BNT5DLQHYO4M5SXX33AQ5/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I6BF24VCZRFTYBTT3T7HDZUOTKOTNPLZ/

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-706 Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference cwe source acceptance level NIST   CISA-ADP  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-27561
NVD Published Date:
03/03/2023
NVD Last Modified:
07/02/2024
Source:
MITRE