UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2990

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2990

    Published: 13 Sept 2022Last Modified: 17 Oct 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-2990

    Summary:

    Details: An incorrect handling of the supplementary groups in the Buildah container engine might lead to the sensitive information disclosure or possible data modification if an attacker has direct access to the affected container where supplementary groups are used to set access permissions and is able to execute a binary code in that container.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2990, https://www.benthamsgaze.org/2022/08/22/vulnerability-in-linux-containers-investigation-and-mitigation/, https://github.com/containers/buildah/pull/4200, https://github.com/containers/buildah/commit/9934b17365083ce966b44c5ce3c7e052f516e255, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2121453, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2990

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: golang-github-containers-buildah

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/golang-github-containers-buildah?arch=source&distro=jammy

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.21.3+ds1-1ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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