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Medium ALSA-2021:4222 1 CVE

Moderate: container-tools:3.0 security and bug fix update

Published Nov 9, 2021 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

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

Security Fix(es):

* buildah: Host environment variables leaked in build container when using chroot isolation (CVE-2021-3602)

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.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

Fixed packages 29

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 buildah 1.19.9-1.module_el8.5.0+2614+87221ce8
AlmaLinux · 8 buildah-tests 1.19.9-1.module_el8.5.0+2614+87221ce8
AlmaLinux · 8 cockpit-podman 29-2.module_el8.5.0+2614+87221ce8
AlmaLinux · 8 cockpit-podman 29-2.module_el8.6.0+2876+9ed4eae2
AlmaLinux · 8 conmon 2:2.0.26-1.module_el8.6.0+2876+9ed4eae2
AlmaLinux · 8 conmon 2:2.0.26-1.module_el8.5.0+2614+87221ce8
AlmaLinux · 8 container-selinux 2:2.167.0-1.module_el8.5.0+2614+87221ce8
AlmaLinux · 8 containernetworking-plugins 0.9.1-1.module_el8.6.0+2876+9ed4eae2
AlmaLinux · 8 containernetworking-plugins 0.9.1-1.module_el8.5.0+2614+87221ce8
AlmaLinux · 8 crit 3.15-1.module_el8.5.0+2614+87221ce8
AlmaLinux · 8 crit 3.15-1.module_el8.6.0+2876+9ed4eae2
AlmaLinux · 8 criu 3.15-1.module_el8.6.0+2876+9ed4eae2
AlmaLinux · 8 criu 3.15-1.module_el8.5.0+2614+87221ce8
AlmaLinux · 8 crun 0.18-2.module_el8.5.0+2614+87221ce8
AlmaLinux · 8 fuse-overlayfs 1.4.0-2.module_el8.6.0+2876+9ed4eae2
AlmaLinux · 8 fuse-overlayfs 1.4.0-2.module_el8.5.0+2614+87221ce8
AlmaLinux · 8 libslirp 4.3.1-1.module_el8.6.0+2876+9ed4eae2
AlmaLinux · 8 libslirp 4.3.1-1.module_el8.5.0+2614+87221ce8
AlmaLinux · 8 libslirp-devel 4.3.1-1.module_el8.5.0+2614+87221ce8
AlmaLinux · 8 libslirp-devel 4.3.1-1.module_el8.6.0+2876+9ed4eae2
AlmaLinux · 8 oci-seccomp-bpf-hook 1.2.0-3.module_el8.5.0+2614+87221ce8
AlmaLinux · 8 oci-seccomp-bpf-hook 1.2.0-3.module_el8.6.0+2876+9ed4eae2
AlmaLinux · 8 python3-criu 3.15-1.module_el8.5.0+2614+87221ce8
AlmaLinux · 8 python3-criu 3.15-1.module_el8.6.0+2876+9ed4eae2
AlmaLinux · 8 runc 1.0.0-72.rc92.module_el8.5.0+2614+87221ce8
AlmaLinux · 8 slirp4netns 1.1.8-1.module_el8.6.0+2876+9ed4eae2
AlmaLinux · 8 slirp4netns 1.1.8-1.module_el8.5.0+2614+87221ce8
AlmaLinux · 8 udica 0.2.4-1.module_el8.6.0+2876+9ed4eae2
AlmaLinux · 8 udica 0.2.4-1.module_el8.5.0+2614+87221ce8

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Medium 5.5

    Buildah processes using chroot isolation may leak environment values to intermediate processes

    An information disclosure flaw was found in Buildah, when building containers using chroot isolation. Running processes in container builds (e.g. Dockerfile RUN commands) can access environment variables from parent and grandparent processes. When run in a co…

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1969264
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1990406
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2021-4222.html
  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2021-3602