Description
containerd is an open source container runtime with an emphasis on simplicity, robustness and portability. A bug was found in containerd where container root directories and some plugins had insufficiently restricted permissions, allowing otherwise unprivileged Linux users to traverse directory contents and execute programs. When containers included executable programs with extended permission bits (such as setuid), unprivileged Linux users could discover and execute those programs. When the UID of an unprivileged Linux user on the host collided with the file owner or group inside a container, the unprivileged Linux user on the host could discover, read, and modify those files. This vulnerability has been fixed in containerd 1.4.11 and containerd 1.5.7. Users should update to these version when they are released and may restart containers or update directory permissions to mitigate the vulnerability. Users unable to update should limit access to the host to trusted users. Update directory permission on container bundles directories.
Published: 2021-10-04
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5002-1 containerd security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-2187 containerd is an open source container runtime with an emphasis on simplicity, robustness and portability. A bug was found in containerd where container root directories and some plugins had insufficiently restricted permissions, allowing otherwise unprivileged Linux users to traverse directory contents and execute programs. When containers included executable programs with extended permission bits (such as setuid), unprivileged Linux users could discover and execute those programs. When the UID of an unprivileged Linux user on the host collided with the file owner or group inside a container, the unprivileged Linux user on the host could discover, read, and modify those files. This vulnerability has been fixed in containerd 1.4.11 and containerd 1.5.7. Users should update to these version when they are released and may restart containers or update directory permissions to mitigate the vulnerability. Users unable to update should limit access to the host to trusted users. Update directory permission on container bundles directories.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-c2h3-6mxw-7mvq Insufficiently restricted permissions on plugin directories
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5100-1 containerd vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5521-1 containerd vulnerabilities
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Debian Debian Linux
Fedoraproject Fedora
Linuxfoundation Containerd
Redhat Openstack
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T02:59:31.538Z

Reserved: 2021-09-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-41103

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Status : Modified

Published: 2021-10-04T17:15:08.517

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:25:28.423

Link: CVE-2021-41103

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-10-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-41103 - Bugzilla

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