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CVE-2016-9962: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

December 20, 2021

RunC allowed additional container processes via ‘runc exec’ to be ptraced by the pid 1 of the container. This allows the main processes of the container, if running as root, to gain access to file-descriptors of these new processes during the initialization and can lead to container escapes or modification of runC state before the process is fully placed inside the container.

References

  • rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0116.html
  • rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0123.html
  • rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0127.html
  • seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/21
  • seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/29
  • www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540001/100/0/threaded
  • www.securityfocus.com/bid/95361
  • access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/cve-2016-9962
  • bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1012568
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-gp4j-w3vj-7299
  • github.com/docker/docker/releases/tag/v1.12.6
  • github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/50a19c6ff828c58e5dab13830bd3dacde268afe5
  • github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/5d93fed3d27f1e2bab58bad13b180a7a81d0b378
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BQAXJMMLRU7DD2IMG47SR2K4BOFFG7FZ/
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FINGBFMIXBG6B6ZWYH3TMRP5V3PDBNXR/
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UVM7FCOQMPKOFLDTUYSS4ES76DDM56VP/
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WUQ3MQNEL5IBZZLMLR72Q4YDCL2SCKRK/
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9962
  • security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-34
  • web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-9962

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Affected versions

All versions up to 1.0.0-rc2

Fixed versions

  • 1.0.0-rc3

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.0.0-rc3 or above. *Note*: 1.0.0-rc3 may be an unstable version. Use caution.

Impact 6.4 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Source file

go/github.com/opencontainers/runc/CVE-2016-9962.yml

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