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Podman Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Mar 27, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated May 20, 2024

Package

gomod github.com/containers/podman/v4 (Go)

Affected versions

< 4.4.2

Patched versions

4.4.2

Description

A Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) flaw was found in podman. This issue may allow a malicious user to replace a normal file in a volume with a symlink while exporting the volume, allowing for access to arbitrary files on the host file system.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 27, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Mar 27, 2023
Reviewed Mar 27, 2023
Last updated May 20, 2024

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS score

0.065%
(30th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-0778

GHSA ID

GHSA-qwqv-rqgf-8qh8

Source code

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