USN-6202-1

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    USN-6202-1

    Published: 5 Jul 2023Last Modified: 25 Jun 2026

    Summary: containerd vulnerabilities

    Details: David Korczynski and Adam Korczynski discovered that containerd incorrectly processed certain images with large files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause containerd to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-25153) It was discovered that containerd incorrectly set up supplementary groups inside a container. An attacker with direct access to the container could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information or execute code with higher privileges. (CVE-2023-25173)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6202-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-25153, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-25173

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: containerd

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/containerd?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fxenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.2.6-0ubuntu1~16.04.6+esm4

    Affected versions

    0.2.1-0ubuntu4~16.04
    0.2.3-0ubuntu1~16.04
    0.2.5-0ubuntu1~16.04.1

    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
    USN-6202-1 | CVE-DB