USN-4881-1: containerd vulnerability
17 March 2021
The system could be made to expose sensitive information.
Releases
Packages
- containerd - daemon to control runC
Details
It was discovered that containerd incorrectly handled certain environment
variables. Contrary to expectations, a container could receive environment
variables defined for a different container, possibly containing sensitive
information.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 20.10
Ubuntu 20.04
After a standard system update you need to restart containerd to make
all the necessary changes.