Bug 1793284 (CVE-2019-19349)

Summary:	CVE-2019-19349 operator-framework/operator-metering: /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 WONTFIX	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 container operator-framework/operator-metering. 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:	2021-10-28 01:24:00 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1793329, 1793330, 1793331, 1809783, 1835844
Bug Blocks:	1776664, 1942173

Description Mark Cooper 2020-01-21 04:44:01 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/metering-ansible-operator.

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

Comment 1 Mark Cooper 2020-01-21 04:44:04 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 03:19:59 UTC

Acknowledgments:

Name: Joseph LaMagna-Reiter (SPR Inc.)