Bug 1225576 (CVE-2024-5154)

Summary: VUL-0: CVE-2024-5154: cri-o: malicious container can create symlink on host
Product: [openSUSE] openSUSE Distribution Reporter: SMASH SMASH <smash_bz>
Component: SecurityAssignee: Jeff Kowalczyk <jkowalczyk>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact: Security Team bot <security-team>
Severity: Major    
Priority: P3 - Medium CC: camila.matos
Version: Leap 15.6   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: Other   
OS: Other   
URL: https://smash.suse.de/issue/407984/
Whiteboard: CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2024-5154:7.1:(AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)
Found By: Security Response Team Services Priority:
Business Priority: Blocker: ---
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Description SMASH SMASH 2024-05-29 10:05:01 UTC
A container breakout was reported in cri-o, where a malicious container image can trick cri-o into creating a symlink on the host. The reproducer that was provided created the following symlink: /root/mtab -> /proc/mounts.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2024-5154
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2280190