Bug 1793284 (CVE-2019-19349) - CVE-2019-19349 operator-framework/operator-metering: /etc/passwd is given incorrect privileges
Summary: CVE-2019-19349 operator-framework/operator-metering: /etc/passwd is given inc...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2019-19349
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1793329 1793330 1793331 1809783 1835844
Blocks: 1776664 1942173
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Reported: 2020-01-21 04:44 UTC by Mark Cooper
Modified: 2021-10-28 01:24 UTC (History)
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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.
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Last Closed: 2021-10-28 01:24:00 UTC
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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.)
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