Bug 1793305 (CVE-2020-1704)

Summary:	CVE-2020-1704 openshift-service-mesh/kiali-rhel7-operator: /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:	kconner, rcernich, security-response-team
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	openshift-istio-kiali-rhel7-operator-container 1.12.12-2	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	An insecure modification vulnerability in the /etc/passwd file was found in the openshift-service-mesh/kiali-rhel7-operator. 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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Description Mark Cooper 2020-01-21 06:37:00 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/istio-kiali-rhel7-operator-container.

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

Comment 1 Mark Cooper 2020-01-21 06:37:02 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 03:23:04 UTC

Acknowledgments:

Name: Joseph LaMagna-Reiter (SPR Inc.)

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2020-06-02 16:33:30 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Openshift Service Mesh 1.1

Via RHSA-2020:2369 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2369

Comment 7 Product Security DevOps Team 2020-06-02 17:20:29 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-2020-1704