USN-4960-1: runC vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 21.04
• Ubuntu 20.10
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM

Packages

• runc - Open Container Project

Details

Etienne Champetier discovered that runC incorrectly checked mount targets.
An attacker with a malicious container image could possibly mount the host
filesystem into the container and escalate privileges.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 21.04

• runc - 1.0.0~rc93-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 20.10

• runc - 1.0.0~rc93-0ubuntu1~20.10.2

Ubuntu 20.04

• runc - 1.0.0~rc93-0ubuntu1~20.04.2

Ubuntu 18.04

• runc - 1.0.0~rc93-0ubuntu1~18.04.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2021-30465

Related notices

• USN-4867-1: runc, golang-github-opencontainers-runc-dev