Upstream information

CVE-2023-38496 at MITRE

Description

Apptainer is an open source container platform. Version 1.2.0-rc.2 introduced an ineffective privilege drop when requesting container network setup, therefore subsequent functions are called with root privileges, the attack surface is rather limited for users but an attacker could possibly craft a starter config to delete any directory on the host filesystems. A security fix has been included in Apptainer 1.2.1. There is no known workaround outside of upgrading to Apptainer 1.2.1.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 6.1
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1213659 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP5
  • apptainer >= 1.3.0-bp155.3.3.2
  • apptainer-leap >= 1.3.0-bp155.3.3.2
  • apptainer-sle15_5 >= 1.3.0-bp155.3.3.2
  • apptainer-sle15_6 >= 1.3.0-bp155.3.3.2
  • libsquashfuse0 >= 0.5.0-bp155.2.1
  • squashfuse >= 0.5.0-bp155.2.1
  • squashfuse-devel >= 0.5.0-bp155.2.1
  • squashfuse-tools >= 0.5.0-bp155.2.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2024-244
openSUSE Leap 15.5
  • apptainer >= 1.3.0-bp155.3.3.2
  • apptainer-leap >= 1.3.0-bp155.3.3.2
  • apptainer-sle15_5 >= 1.3.0-bp155.3.3.2
  • apptainer-sle15_6 >= 1.3.0-bp155.3.3.2
  • libsquashfuse0 >= 0.5.0-bp155.2.1
  • squashfuse >= 0.5.0-bp155.2.1
  • squashfuse-devel >= 0.5.0-bp155.2.1
  • squashfuse-tools >= 0.5.0-bp155.2.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2024-244
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • apptainer >= 1.2.1-1.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-13073

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 apptainer Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 15 SP6 apptainer Already fixed
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP5 apptainer Released
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP5 squashfuse Released
openSUSE Leap 15.6 apptainer Already fixed

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Jul 26 02:00:55 2023
CVE page last modified: Tue Sep 3 19:30:07 2024