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Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2020-1726: podman: incorrectly allows existing files in volumes to be overwritten by a container when it is created

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Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2020-1726: podman: incorrectly allows existing files in volumes to be overwritten by a container when it is created

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/11/2020
Created
03/12/2020
Added
03/12/2020
Modified
05/10/2023

Description

A flaw was discovered in Podman where it incorrectly allows containers when created to overwrite existing files in volumes, even if they are mounted as read-only. When a user runs a malicious container or a container based on a malicious image with an attached volume that is used for the first time, it is possible to trigger the flaw and overwrite files in the volume.This issue was introduced in version 1.6.0.

Solution(s)

  • linuxrpm-upgrade-podman

References

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