USN-6170-1: Podman vulnerabilities

16 June 2023

Podman could be made to pull an untrusted image.

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Releases

Packages

  • libpod - engine to run OCI-based containers in Pods

Details

It was discovered that Podman incorrectly handled certain images.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to pull an untrusted image.

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.04

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