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CVE-2020-15257: Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres

December 1, 2020 (updated May 26, 2021)

The containerd-shim API is improperly exposed to host network containers. Access controls for the shim’s API socket verified that the connecting process had an effective UID of 0, but did not otherwise restrict access to the abstract Unix domain socket. This would allow malicious containers running in the same network namespace as the shim, with an effective UID of 0 but otherwise reduced privileges, to cause new processes to be run with elevated privileges.

References

  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15257

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.3.9, all versions starting from 1.4.0 before 1.4.3

Fixed versions

  • v1.3.9
  • v1.4.3

Solution

Upgrade to versions 1.3.9, 1.4.3 or above.

Impact 5.2 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-669: Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres

Source file

go/github.com/containerd/containerd/CVE-2020-15257.yml

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