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Alpine Linux: CVE-2023-0778: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2023-0778: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N)
Published
03/27/2023
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/23/2024

Description

A Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) flaw was found in podman. This issue may allow a malicious user to replace a normal file in a volume with a symlink while exporting the volume, allowing for access to arbitrary files on the host file system.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-podman

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