CVE-2024-40635

Publication date 17 March 2025

Last updated 26 March 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

containerd is an open-source container runtime. A bug was found in containerd prior to versions 1.6.38, 1.7.27, and 2.0.4 where containers launched with a User set as a `UID:GID` larger than the maximum 32-bit signed integer can cause an overflow condition where the container ultimately runs as root (UID 0). This could cause unexpected behavior for environments that require containers to run as a non-root user. This bug has been fixed in containerd 1.6.38, 1.7.27, and 2.04. As a workaround, ensure that only trusted images are used and that only trusted users have permissions to import images.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
containerd 24.10 oracular
Vulnerable
24.04 LTS noble
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1.6.12-0ubuntu1~22.04.8
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1.6.12-0ubuntu1~20.04.8
18.04 LTS bionic
16.04 LTS xenial
containerd-app 24.10 oracular
Fixed 2.0.0~rc3-0ubuntu1.1
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 1.7.24-0ubuntu1~24.04.2
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1.7.24-0ubuntu1~22.04.2
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1.7.24-0ubuntu1~20.04.2

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Notes

alexmurray

Traditionally the containerd source package contained both the library and docker application. However, in releases that contain the containerd-app source package, the containerd source package contains only the library whilst the docker application itself is contained in the containerd-app package.