GLSA 202311-13: Apptainer: Privilege Escalation

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Severity:	high
Title:	Apptainer: Privilege Escalation
Date:	11/25/2023
Bugs:	#905091
ID:	202311-13

Synopsis

A privilege escalation vulnerability has been discoverd in Apptainer.

Background

Apptainer is the container system for secure high-performance computing.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-containers/apptainer	< 1.1.8	>= 1.1.8	All supported architectures

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered in Apptainer. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

Impact

There is an ext4 use-after-free flaw that is exploitable in vulnerable versions.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Apptainer users should upgrade to the latest version:

          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-containers/apptainer-1.1.8"

References

CVE-2023-30549

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202311-13.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.