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Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2023-0778: podman: symlink exchange attack in podman export volume

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Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2023-0778: podman: symlink exchange attack in podman export volume

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/27/2023
Created
05/19/2023
Added
05/19/2023
Modified
03/27/2024

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)

  • linuxrpm-upgrade-podman

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