Bug 1592166 (CVE-2018-10856)

Summary: CVE-2018-10856 podman: Containers run as non-root users do not drop capabilities
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Sam Fowler <sfowler>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact:
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Version: unspecifiedCC: bbaude, dwalsh, lsm5, mheon, sfowler, umohnani
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OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: podman 0.6.1 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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It has been discovered that podman does not drop capabilities when executing a container as a non-root user. This results in unnecessary privileges being granted to the container.
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Last Closed: 2019-06-10 10:29:27 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 1584429, 1592167, 1594309    
Bug Blocks: 1592169    

Description Sam Fowler 2018-06-18 00:39:22 UTC
Podman before version 0.6.1 does not drop capabilities when executing a container as a non-root user. This results in unnecessary privileges being granted to the container.

Comment 1 Sam Fowler 2018-06-18 00:39:46 UTC
Created podman tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1592167]

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2018-06-26 18:40:19 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras

Via RHSA-2018:2037 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2037