CVE-2016-9962: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
RunC allowed additional container processes via ‘runc exec’ to be ptraced by the pid 1 of the container. This allows the main processes of the container, if running as root, to gain access to file-descriptors of these new processes during the initialization and can lead to container escapes or modification of runC state before the process is fully placed inside the container.
References
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0116.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0123.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0127.html
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/21
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/29
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540001/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/95361
- access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/cve-2016-9962
- bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1012568
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-gp4j-w3vj-7299
- github.com/docker/docker/releases/tag/v1.12.6
- github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/50a19c6ff828c58e5dab13830bd3dacde268afe5
- github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/5d93fed3d27f1e2bab58bad13b180a7a81d0b378
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BQAXJMMLRU7DD2IMG47SR2K4BOFFG7FZ/
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FINGBFMIXBG6B6ZWYH3TMRP5V3PDBNXR/
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UVM7FCOQMPKOFLDTUYSS4ES76DDM56VP/
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WUQ3MQNEL5IBZZLMLR72Q4YDCL2SCKRK/
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9962
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-34
- web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-9962
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