Medium [CVE-2024-9341] Podman: buildah: cri-o: fips crypto-policy directory mounting issue in containers/common go library
This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2024-9341 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.
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Summary
A flaw was found in Go. When FIPS mode is enabled on a system, container runtimes may incorrectly handle certain file paths due to improper validation in the containers/common Go library.
This flaw allows an attacker to exploit symbolic links and trick the system into mounting sensitive host directories inside a container. This issue also allows attackers to access critical host files, bypassing the intended isolation between containers and the host system.
Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 5.4 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N). Weakness: CWE-59.
Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9; Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12; Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13; Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14; Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15; Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16; Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17; Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18; Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.
Red Hat lists Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 as not affected. Red Hat fixing advisory: RHSA-2024:8846, RHSA-2024:8039, RHSA-2024:8112, RHSA-2024:9454, RHSA-2024:9459, RHSA-2024:8694, RHSA-2024:8690, RHSA-2024:8238, RHSA-2024:8428, RHSA-2024:8263, RHSA-2024:10147, RHSA-2024:7925, RHSA-2024:10818, RHSA-2024:6122.
Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat package: podman; Red Hat package: buildah.
Affected versions
No affected-version range was extracted from the source record. The vendor advisory is authoritative — check it before change work.
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- container-tools:rhel8-8100020241023085649.afee755d
- podman-4:4.9.4-13.el9_4
- buildah-2:1.33.9-1.el9_4
- podman-4:5.2.2-9.el9_5
- buildah-2:1.37.5-1.el9_5
- cri-o-0:1.25.5-30.rhaos4.12.git53dc492.el8
- cri-o-0:1.26.5-26.rhaos4.13.giteb3d487.el8
- cri-o-0:1.27.8-10.rhaos4.14.git807f92c.el8
- cri-o-0:1.28.11-5.rhaos4.15.git35a2431.el8
- cri-o-0:1.29.9-5.rhaos4.16.git34690b9.el8
- rhcos-416.94.202411201433-0
- cri-o-0:1.30.6-3.rhaos4.17.git49b5172.el8
- rhcos-417.94.202412040832-0
- openshift4/aws-kms-encryption-provider-rhel9:v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g088dcaf.assembly.stream.el9
- openshift4/azure-kms-encryption-provider-rhel9:v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.gd4fb1b6.assembly.stream.el9
- openshift4/azure-service-rhel9-operator:v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g11ced00.assembly.stream.el9
- openshift4/cloud-network-config-controller-rhel9:v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.gf648c78.assembly.stream.el9
- openshift4/container-networking-plugins-microshift-rhel9:v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g24a6532.assembly.stream.el9
- openshift4/driver-toolkit-rhel9:v4.18.0-202502100301.p0.g2e139ed.assembly.stream.el9
- openshift4/egress-router-cni-rhel9:v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g3193a75.assembly.stream.el9
- openshift4/frr-rhel9:v4.18.0-202502041302.p0.g1ad8f2e.assembly.stream.el9
- openshift4/insights-runtime-exporter-rhel9:v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g7149f2d.assembly.stream.el9
- openshift4/insights-runtime-extractor-rhel9:v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g7149f2d.assembly.stream.el9
- openshift4/kube-metrics-server-rhel9:v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g962ccca.assembly.stream.el9
- openshift4/kubevirt-csi-driver-rhel9:v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.gba2234b.assembly.stream.el9
- openshift4/network-tools-rhel9:v4.18.0-202502111035.p0.gf76635f.assembly.stream.el9
- openshift4/oc-mirror-plugin-rhel9:v4.18.0-202502100934.p0.gc00c7c9.assembly.stream.el9
- openshift4/openshift-route-controller-manager-rhel9:v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g07daee4.assembly.stream.el9
- openshift4/ose-agent-installer-api-server-rhel9:v4.18.0-202502040032.p0.ge5a4005.assembly.stream.el9
- openshift4/ose-agent-installer-csr-approver-rhel9:v4.18.0-202502040032.p0.g5348c85.assembly.stream.el9
- openshift4/ose-agent-installer-node-agent-rhel9:v4.18.0-202502041302.p0.g51a74ac.assembly.stream.el9
- openshift4/ose-agent-installer-orchestrator-rhel9:v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g5348c85.assembly.stream.el9
- openshift4/ose-agent-installer-utils-rhel9:v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g3f6d1d8.assembly.stream.el9
- openshift4/ose-apiserver-network-proxy-rhel9:v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g0e11616.assembly.stream.el9
- openshift4/ose-aws-cloud-controller-manager-rhel9:v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.gc395190.assembly.stream.el9
- openshift4/ose-aws-cluster-api-controllers-rhel9:v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g6bd77fc.assembly.stream.el9
- openshift4/ose-aws-ebs-csi-driver-rhel9:v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.gb51cd6b.assembly.stream.el9
- openshift4/ose-aws-ebs-csi-driver-rhel9-operator:v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g9432fd3.assembly.stream.el9
- openshift4/ose-aws-pod-identity-webhook-rhel9:v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g5c43fe8.assembly.stream.el9
- openshift4/ose-azure-cloud-controller-manager-rhel9:v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g9c24d76.assembly.stream.el9
- RHSA-2024:8846
- RHSA-2024:8039
- RHSA-2024:8112
- RHSA-2024:9454
- RHSA-2024:9459
- RHSA-2024:8694
- RHSA-2024:8690
- RHSA-2024:8238
- RHSA-2024:8428
- RHSA-2024:8263
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Mitigation checklist
- Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
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