runc: Multiple Vulnerabilities — GLSA 202408-25

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in runc, the worst of which could lead to privilege escalation.

Affected packages

app-containers/runc on all architectures
Affected versions < 1.1.12
Unaffected versions >= 1.1.12

Background

runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers on Linux according to the OCI specification.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in runc. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All runc users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-containers/runc-1.1.12"
 

References

Release date
August 11, 2024

Latest revision
August 11, 2024: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
local

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