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Medium ALSA-2023:6939 18 CVEs

Moderate: container-tools:rhel8 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)
* containerd: Supplementary groups are not set up properly (CVE-2023-25173)
* 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 34

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 aardvark-dns 2:1.7.0-1.module_el8.9.0+3657+d86e192f
AlmaLinux · 8 buildah 1:1.31.3-1.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b
AlmaLinux · 8 buildah-tests 1:1.31.3-1.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b
AlmaLinux · 8 cockpit-podman 75-1.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b
AlmaLinux · 8 conmon 3:2.1.8-1.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b
AlmaLinux · 8 container-selinux 2:2.221.0-1.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b
AlmaLinux · 8 containernetworking-plugins 1:1.3.0-4.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b
AlmaLinux · 8 containers-common 2:1-54.module_el8.9.0+3673+0c64b403
AlmaLinux · 8 crit 3.18-4.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b
AlmaLinux · 8 criu 3.18-4.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b
AlmaLinux · 8 criu-devel 3.18-4.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b
AlmaLinux · 8 criu-libs 3.18-4.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b
AlmaLinux · 8 crun 1.8.7-1.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b
AlmaLinux · 8 fuse-overlayfs 1.12-1.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b
AlmaLinux · 8 libslirp 4.4.0-1.module_el8.8.0+3615+3543c705
AlmaLinux · 8 libslirp-devel 4.4.0-1.module_el8.8.0+3615+3543c705
AlmaLinux · 8 netavark 2:1.7.0-1.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b
AlmaLinux · 8 oci-seccomp-bpf-hook 1.2.9-1.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b
AlmaLinux · 8 podman 3:4.6.1-4.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b
AlmaLinux · 8 podman-catatonit 3:4.6.1-4.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b
AlmaLinux · 8 podman-docker 3:4.6.1-4.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b
AlmaLinux · 8 podman-gvproxy 3:4.6.1-4.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b
AlmaLinux · 8 podman-plugins 3:4.6.1-4.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b
AlmaLinux · 8 podman-remote 3:4.6.1-4.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b
AlmaLinux · 8 podman-tests 3:4.6.1-4.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b
AlmaLinux · 8 python3-criu 3.18-4.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b
AlmaLinux · 8 python3-podman 4.6.0-1.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b
AlmaLinux · 8 runc 1:1.1.9-1.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b
AlmaLinux · 8 skopeo 2:1.13.3-1.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b
AlmaLinux · 8 skopeo-tests 2:1.13.3-1.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b
AlmaLinux · 8 slirp4netns 1.2.1-1.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b
AlmaLinux · 8 toolbox 0.0.99.4-5.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b
AlmaLinux · 8 toolbox-tests 0.0.99.4-5.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b
AlmaLinux · 8 udica 0.2.6-20.module_el8.8.0+3615+3543c705

Vulnerabilities 18

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-2023-25173
  • 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/2174485
  • 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
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-6939.html