USN-5012-1

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    USN-5012-1

    Published: 20 Jul 2021Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: containerd vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that containerd incorrectly handled file permission changes. If a user or automated system were tricked into launching a specially crafted container image, a remote attacker could change permissions on files on the host filesystem and possibly escalate privileges.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5012-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-32760

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: containerd

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~18.04.2?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.5.2-0ubuntu1~18.04.2

    Affected versions

    0.2.5-0ubuntu2

    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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