CVE-2021-29136
Publication date 6 April 2021
Last updated 26 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
Description
Open Container Initiative umoci before 0.4.7 allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary host paths via a crafted image that causes symlink traversal when "umoci unpack" or "umoci raw unpack" is used.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| umoci | 26.04 LTS resolute |
Not affected
|
| 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
|
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Vulnerable
|
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Vulnerable
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
Severity score breakdown
CVSS version: CVSS v3.0
Base score
5.5 · Medium
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
References
Other references
- https://github.com/opencontainers/umoci/security/advisories/GHSA-9m95-8hx6-7p9v
- https://github.com/opencontainers/umoci/commit/d9efc31daf2206f7d3fdb839863cf7a576a2eb57 (v0.4.7)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/06/2
- https://github.com/opencontainers/umoci/commit/d9efc31daf2206f7d3fdb839863cf7a576a2eb57
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-29136