x/vulndb: potential Go vuln in github.com/containerd/containerd: CVE-2023-25173

[GoVulnBot]

CVE-2023-25173 references github.com/containerd/containerd, which may be a Go module.

Description:
containerd is an open source container runtime. A bug was found in containerd prior to versions 1.6.18 and 1.5.18 where supplementary groups are not set up properly inside a container. If an attacker has direct access to a container and manipulates their supplementary group access, they may be able to use supplementary group access to bypass primary group restrictions in some cases, potentially gaining access to sensitive information or gaining the ability to execute code in that container. Downstream applications that use the containerd client library may be affected as well. This bug has been fixed in containerd v1.6.18 and v.1.5.18. Users should update to these versions and recreate containers to resolve this issue. Users who rely on a downstream application that uses containerd's client library should check that application for a separate advisory and instructions. As a workaround, ensure that the "USER $USERNAME" Dockerfile instruction is not used. Instead, set the container entrypoint to a value similar to ENTRYPOINT ["su", "-", "user"] to allow su to properly set up supplementary groups.

References:

• NIST: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25173
• JSON: https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelist/tree/58b1ebeb511027c67b6161fcb4218e53404d4121/2023/25xxx/CVE-2023-25173.json
• web: https://www.benthamsgaze.org/2022/08/22/vulnerability-in-linux-containers-investigation-and-mitigation/
• web: https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.5.18
• web: https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.6.18
• advisory: GHSA-hmfx-3pcx-653p
• advisory: GHSA-rc4r-wh2q-q6c4
• fix: containerd/containerd@133f6bb
• advisory: GHSA-4wjj-jwc9-2x96
• advisory: GHSA-fjm8-m7m6-2fjp
• advisory: GHSA-phjr-8j92-w5v7
• Imported by: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/containerd/containerd?tab=importedby

Cross references:

• Module github.com/containerd/containerd appears in issue x/vulndb: potential Go vuln in github.com/containerd/containerd: CVE-2021-43816 #278 EFFECTIVELY_PRIVATE
• Module github.com/containerd/containerd appears in issue x/vulndb: potential Go vuln in github.com/containerd/containerd: CVE-2022-23648 #344 EFFECTIVELY_PRIVATE
• Module github.com/containerd/containerd appears in issue x/vulndb: potential Go vuln in github.com/containerd/containerd: CVE-2022-31030 #482 EFFECTIVELY_PRIVATE
• Module github.com/containerd/containerd appears in issue x/vulndb: potential Go vuln in github.com/containerd/containerd/cmd: GHSA-36xw-fx78-c5r4 #784 NOT_IMPORTABLE
• Module github.com/containerd/containerd appears in issue x/vulndb: potential Go vuln in github.com/containerd/containerd: GHSA-742w-89gc-8m9c #803 NOT_IMPORTABLE
• Module github.com/containerd/containerd appears in issue x/vulndb: potential Go vuln in github.com/containerd/containerd: CVE-2021-32760, GHSA-c72p-9xmj-rx3w #921 NOT_IMPORTABLE
• Module github.com/containerd/containerd appears in issue x/vulndb: potential Go vuln in github.com/containerd/containerd: CVE-2021-41103, GHSA-c2h3-6mxw-7mvq #938 NOT_IMPORTABLE
• Module github.com/containerd/containerd appears in issue x/vulndb: potential Go vuln in github.com/containerd/containerd: CVE-2022-23471 #1147 EFFECTIVELY_PRIVATE

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modules:
  - module: github.com/containerd/containerd
    packages:
      - package: containerd
description: |
    containerd is an open source container runtime. A bug was found in containerd prior to versions 1.6.18 and 1.5.18 where supplementary groups are not set up properly inside a container. If an attacker has direct access to a container and manipulates their supplementary group access, they may be able to use supplementary group access to bypass primary group restrictions in some cases, potentially gaining access to sensitive information or gaining the ability to execute code in that container. Downstream applications that use the containerd client library may be affected as well. This bug has been fixed in containerd v1.6.18 and v.1.5.18. Users should update to these versions and recreate containers to resolve this issue. Users who rely on a downstream application that uses containerd's client library should check that application for a separate advisory and instructions. As a workaround, ensure that the `"USER $USERNAME"` Dockerfile instruction is not used. Instead, set the container entrypoint to a value similar to `ENTRYPOINT ["su", "-", "user"]` to allow `su` to properly set up supplementary groups.
cves:
  - CVE-2023-25173
references:
  - web: https://www.benthamsgaze.org/2022/08/22/vulnerability-in-linux-containers-investigation-and-mitigation/
  - web: https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.5.18
  - web: https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.6.18
  - advisory: https://github.com/containerd/containerd/security/advisories/GHSA-hmfx-3pcx-653p
  - advisory: https://github.com/moby/moby/security/advisories/GHSA-rc4r-wh2q-q6c4
  - fix: https://github.com/containerd/containerd/commit/133f6bb6cd827ce35a5fb279c1ead12b9d21460a
  - advisory: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4wjj-jwc9-2x96
  - advisory: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fjm8-m7m6-2fjp
  - advisory: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-phjr-8j92-w5v7

[timothy-king]

Duplicate of #1574