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Medium ALSA-2023:6938 17 CVEs

Moderate: container-tools:4.0 security and bug fix update

Published Nov 14, 2023 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

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

Security Fix(es):

* go-yaml: Improve heuristics preventing CPU/memory abuse by parsing malicious or large YAML documents (CVE-2022-3064)
* golang: html/template: improper handling of JavaScript whitespace (CVE-2023-24540)
* net/http, golang.org/x/net/http2: avoid quadratic complexity in HPACK decoding (CVE-2022-41723)
* golang: crypto/tls: large handshake records may cause panics (CVE-2022-41724)
* golang: net/http, mime/multipart: denial of service from excessive resource consumption (CVE-2022-41725)
* golang.org/x/net/html: Cross site scripting (CVE-2023-3978)
* golang: net/http, net/textproto: denial of service from excessive memory allocation (CVE-2023-24534)
* golang: net/http, net/textproto, mime/multipart: denial of service from excessive resource consumption (CVE-2023-24536)
* golang: go/parser: Infinite loop in parsing (CVE-2023-24537)
* golang: html/template: backticks not treated as string delimiters (CVE-2023-24538)
* golang: html/template: improper sanitization of CSS values (CVE-2023-24539)
* runc: Rootless runc makes `/sys/fs/cgroup` writable (CVE-2023-25809)
* runc: volume mount race condition (regression of CVE-2019-19921) (CVE-2023-27561)
* runc: AppArmor can be bypassed when `/proc` inside the container is symlinked with a specific mount configuration (CVE-2023-28642)
* golang: html/template: improper handling of empty HTML attributes (CVE-2023-29400)
* golang: net/http: insufficient sanitization of Host header (CVE-2023-29406)

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 41

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 aardvark-dns 2:1.0.1-38.module_el8.9.0+3627+db8ec155
AlmaLinux · 8 buildah 1:1.24.6-7.module_el8.9.0+3627+db8ec155
AlmaLinux · 8 buildah-tests 1:1.24.6-7.module_el8.9.0+3627+db8ec155
AlmaLinux · 8 cockpit-podman 46-1.module_el8.7.0+3344+5bcd850f
AlmaLinux · 8 conmon 2:2.1.4-2.module_el8.9.0+3627+db8ec155
AlmaLinux · 8 container-selinux 2:2.205.0-3.module_el8.9.0+3627+db8ec155
AlmaLinux · 8 containernetworking-plugins 1:1.1.1-5.module_el8.9.0+3627+db8ec155
AlmaLinux · 8 containers-common 2:1-38.module_el8.9.0+3627+db8ec155
AlmaLinux · 8 crit 3.15-3.module_el8.6.0+3137+d33c3efb
AlmaLinux · 8 crit 3.15-3.module_el8.6.0+2877+8e437bf5
AlmaLinux · 8 criu 3.15-3.module_el8.6.0+2877+8e437bf5
AlmaLinux · 8 criu 3.15-3.module_el8.6.0+3137+d33c3efb
AlmaLinux · 8 criu-devel 3.15-3.module_el8.6.0+2877+8e437bf5
AlmaLinux · 8 criu-devel 3.15-3.module_el8.6.0+3137+d33c3efb
AlmaLinux · 8 criu-libs 3.15-3.module_el8.6.0+2877+8e437bf5
AlmaLinux · 8 criu-libs 3.15-3.module_el8.6.0+3137+d33c3efb
AlmaLinux · 8 crun 1.8.3-1.module_el8.9.0+3627+db8ec155
AlmaLinux · 8 fuse-overlayfs 1.9-2.module_el8.9.0+3627+db8ec155
AlmaLinux · 8 libslirp 4.4.0-1.module_el8.6.0+2877+8e437bf5
AlmaLinux · 8 libslirp 4.4.0-1.module_el8.6.0+3137+d33c3efb
AlmaLinux · 8 libslirp-devel 4.4.0-1.module_el8.6.0+3137+d33c3efb
AlmaLinux · 8 libslirp-devel 4.4.0-1.module_el8.6.0+2877+8e437bf5
AlmaLinux · 8 netavark 2:1.0.1-38.module_el8.9.0+3627+db8ec155
AlmaLinux · 8 oci-seccomp-bpf-hook 1.2.5-2.module_el8.8.0+3468+16b86c82
AlmaLinux · 8 podman 2:4.0.2-24.module_el8.9.0+3627+db8ec155
AlmaLinux · 8 podman-catatonit 2:4.0.2-24.module_el8.9.0+3627+db8ec155
AlmaLinux · 8 podman-docker 2:4.0.2-24.module_el8.9.0+3627+db8ec155
AlmaLinux · 8 podman-gvproxy 2:4.0.2-24.module_el8.9.0+3627+db8ec155
AlmaLinux · 8 podman-plugins 2:4.0.2-24.module_el8.9.0+3627+db8ec155
AlmaLinux · 8 podman-remote 2:4.0.2-24.module_el8.9.0+3627+db8ec155
AlmaLinux · 8 podman-tests 2:4.0.2-24.module_el8.9.0+3627+db8ec155
AlmaLinux · 8 python3-criu 3.15-3.module_el8.6.0+3137+d33c3efb
AlmaLinux · 8 python3-criu 3.15-3.module_el8.6.0+2877+8e437bf5
AlmaLinux · 8 python3-podman 4.0.0-2.module_el8.9.0+3627+db8ec155
AlmaLinux · 8 runc 1:1.1.5-2.module_el8.9.0+3627+db8ec155
AlmaLinux · 8 skopeo 2:1.6.2-8.module_el8.9.0+3627+db8ec155
AlmaLinux · 8 skopeo-tests 2:1.6.2-8.module_el8.9.0+3627+db8ec155
AlmaLinux · 8 slirp4netns 1.1.8-3.module_el8.9.0+3627+db8ec155
AlmaLinux · 8 toolbox 0.0.99.4-5.module_el8.9.0+3627+db8ec155
AlmaLinux · 8 toolbox-tests 0.0.99.4-5.module_el8.9.0+3627+db8ec155
AlmaLinux · 8 udica 0.2.6-4.module_el8.9.0+3627+db8ec155

Vulnerabilities 17

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3064
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-41723
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-41724
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-41725
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-24534
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-24536
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-24537
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-24538
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-24539
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-24540
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25809
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-27561
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-28642
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-29400
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-29406
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3978
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2163037
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2165743
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2175721
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2178358
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2178488
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2178492
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2182883
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2182884
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2184481
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2184482
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2184483
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2184484
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2196026
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2196027
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2196029
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2222167
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2228689
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2231464
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-6938.html