Bug 1793278 (CVE-2019-19354)

Summary:	CVE-2019-19354 operator-framework/hadoop: /etc/passwd is given incorrect privileges
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Mark Cooper <mcooper>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	bmontgom, eparis, jburrell, jokerman, nstielau, sd-operator-metering, security-response-team, sponnaga, tflannag
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	An insecure modification vulnerability in the /etc/passwd file was found in the operator-framework/hadoop. An attacker with access to the container could use this flaw to modify /etc/passwd and escalate their privileges.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2020-05-04 16:31:47 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1793311, 1793312, 1793313
Bug Blocks:	1776664, 1942187

Description Mark Cooper 2020-01-21 04:18:53 UTC

It has been found that multiple containers modify the permissions of /etc/passwd to make them modifiable by users other than root. An attacker with access to the running container can exploit this to modify /etc/passwd to add a user and escalate their privileges. This CVE is specific to the openshift/hadoop-container.

Original bug:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1791534

Comment 1 Mark Cooper 2020-01-21 04:18:55 UTC

Statement:

By default this vulnerability is not exploitable in un-privilieged containers running on OpenShift Container Platform. This is because the system call SETUID and SETGID is blocked by the default seccomp policy.

Comment 4 Mark Cooper 2020-01-22 03:17:10 UTC

Acknowledgments:

Name: Joseph LaMagna-Reiter (SPR Inc.)

Comment 6 Mark Cooper 2020-02-28 02:27:52 UTC

External References:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/4859371

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2020-05-04 10:50:47 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.4

Via RHSA-2020:1938 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1938

Comment 8 Product Security DevOps Team 2020-05-04 16:31:47 UTC

This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-19354