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CVE-2024-45310

3.6 · LOW
Published Sep 3, 2024 linuxfoundation CWE-61 EPSS 0.32% (24th pctl)

Overview

CVE-2024-45310 is a low-severity vulnerability affecting linuxfoundation runc. It was published on September 3, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 3.6 (LOW).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 3.6, rated LOW. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical Description

runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification. runc 1.1.13 and earlier, as well as 1.2.0-rc2 and earlier, can be tricked into creating empty files or directories in arbitrary locations in the host filesystem by sharing a volume between two containers and exploiting a race with `os.MkdirAll`. While this could be used to create empty files, existing files would not be truncated. An attacker must have the ability to start containers using some kind of custom volume configuration. Containers using user namespaces are still affected, but the scope of places an attacker can create inodes can be significantly reduced. Sufficiently strict LSM policies (SELinux/Apparmor) can also in principle block this attack -- we suspect the industry standard SELinux policy may restrict this attack's scope but the exact scope of protection hasn't been analysed. This is exploitable using runc directly as well as through Docker and Kubernetes. The issue is fixed in r

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linuxfoundation. Update runc to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

Vendor Product Versions Status
linuxfoundation runc >= 0, < 1.1.14 Affected

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-45310?

CVE-2024-45310 is a low-severity vulnerability affecting linuxfoundation runc. It was published on September 3, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 3.6 (LOW).

How severe is CVE-2024-45310?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 3.6, rated LOW. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2024-45310?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linuxfoundation. Update runc to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

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