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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-9962) (Multiple Advisories): runc security update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-9962) (Multiple Advisories): runc security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/10/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/14/2017
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

RunC allowed additional container processes via 'runc exec' to be ptraced by the pid 1 of the container. This allows the main processes of the container, if running as root, to gain access to file-descriptors of these new processes during the initialization and can lead to container escapes or modification of runC state before the process is fully placed inside the container.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-docker-engine
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-docker-engine-selinux

References

  • ELSA-2019-4540
  • RHSA-2017:0116
  • RHSA-2017:0123
  • RHSA-2017:0127
  • 95361
  • GLSA-201701-34
  • CVE-2016-9962
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