Bug 1803608 (CVE-2020-1742) - CVE-2020-1742 nmstate/kubernetes-nmstate-handler: /etc/passwd is given incorrect privileges
Summary: CVE-2020-1742 nmstate/kubernetes-nmstate-handler: /etc/passwd is given incorr...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2020-1742
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: 1803609
Blocks: 1776664
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2020-02-17 02:42 UTC by Joshua Padman
Modified: 2022-08-10 14:23 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version: kubernetes-nmstate-handler-container-v2.3.0-30
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An insecure modification vulnerability flaw was found in containers using nmstate/kubernetes-nmstate-handler. 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 02:03:18 UTC
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Description Joshua Padman 2020-02-17 02:42:03 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 nmstate/kubernetes-nmstate-handler container.

Original bug:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1791534
Comment 1 Joshua Padman 2020-02-17 02:42:07 UTC 
Acknowledgments:

Name: Joseph LaMagna-Reiter (SPR Inc.)
Comment 2 Joshua Padman 2020-02-17 02:42:09 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 11 Mark Cooper 2021-10-28 02:03:18 UTC 
Used fixcvenames on https://errata.devel.redhat.com/advisory/48747 and fixed the affects

Closing the old flaw bug
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