Alpine: multiple containerd packages: security update to 1.5.3-r0 (deprecated)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 400188

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- containerd is a container runtime. A bug was found in containerd versions prior to 1.4.8 and 1.5.4 where
pulling and extracting a specially-crafted container image can result in Unix file permission changes for
existing files in the host’s filesystem. Changes to file permissions can deny access to the expected owner
of the file, widen access to others, or set extended bits like setuid, setgid, and sticky. This bug does
not directly allow files to be read, modified, or executed without an additional cooperating process. This
bug has been fixed in containerd 1.5.4 and 1.4.8. As a workaround, ensure that users only pull images from
trusted sources. Linux security modules (LSMs) like SELinux and AppArmor can limit the files potentially
affected by this bug through policies and profiles that prevent containerd from interacting with specific
files. (CVE-2021-32760)

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 400188

Version: Revision 1.25

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.8

Percentile: 22.22

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-32760

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/20/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/19/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-32760

Detections

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