CVE-2023-28642

runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification. It was found that AppArmor can be bypassed when `/proc` inside the container is symlinked with a specific mount configuration. This issue has been fixed in runc version 1.1.5, by prohibiting symlinked `/proc`. See PR #3785 for details. users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should avoid using an untrusted container image.

Affected products

Alt Linux, Almalinux, Apparmor, Astra Linux, Centos, Linuxmint, Red Hat, Red Os

Linuxfoundation Runc

< 1.1.5

Fix

Available

CVSS 3.1

7.8 HIGH

EPSS

0.3% (27th percentile)

Weakness

CWE-59, CWE-281

NVD status

Modified

Published

2023-03-29

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