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High ALSA-2020:1379 1 CVE

Important: container-tools:rhel8 security and bug fix update

Published Apr 7, 2020 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

The container-tools module contains tools for working with containers, notably podman, buildah, skopeo, and runc.

Security Fix(es):

* QEMU: Slirp: potential OOB access due to unsafe snprintf() usages (CVE-2020-8608)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Bug Fix(es):

* useradd and groupadd fail under rootless Buildah and podman [stream-container-tools-rhel8-rhel-8.1.1] (BZ#1803495)

* Podman support for FIPS Mode requires a bind mount inside the container [stream-container-tools-rhel8-rhel-8.1.1/buildah] (BZ#1804188)

* Podman support for FIPS Mode requires a bind mount inside the container [stream-container-tools-rhel8-rhel-8.1.1/podman] (BZ#1804194)

* fuse-overlayfs segfault [stream-container-tools-rhel8-rhel-8.1.1/fuse-overlayfs] (BZ#1805016)

* buildah COPY command is slow when .dockerignore file is not present [stream-container-tools-rhel8-rhel-8.1.1/buildah] (BZ#1806119)

Fixed packages 10

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 cockpit-podman 11-1.module_el8.5.0+108+00865455
AlmaLinux · 8 cockpit-podman 11-1.module_el8.5.0+2635+e4386a39
AlmaLinux · 8 containernetworking-plugins 0.8.3-4.module_el8.5.0+2635+e4386a39
AlmaLinux · 8 containernetworking-plugins 0.8.3-4.module_el8.5.0+108+00865455
AlmaLinux · 8 python-podman-api 1.2.0-0.2.gitd0a45fe.module_el8.5.0+2635+e4386a39
AlmaLinux · 8 python-podman-api 1.2.0-0.2.gitd0a45fe.module_el8.5.0+108+00865455
AlmaLinux · 8 slirp4netns 0.4.2-3.git21fdece.module_el8.5.0+2635+e4386a39
AlmaLinux · 8 slirp4netns 0.4.2-3.git21fdece.module_el8.5.0+108+00865455
AlmaLinux · 8 udica 0.2.1-2.module_el8.5.0+108+00865455
AlmaLinux · 8 udica 0.2.1-2.module_el8.5.0+2635+e4386a39

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2020-8608