Debian DSA-5002-1 : containerd - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 154949

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5002 advisory.

A flaw was discovered in containerd, an open and reliable container runtime. Insufficiently restricted permissions on container root and plugin directories could result in privilege escalation. For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.5~ds1-2+deb11u1. We recommend that you upgrade your containerd packages. For the detailed security status of containerd please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/containerd

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the containerd packages.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.5~ds1-2+deb11u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 154949

File Name: debian_DSA-5002.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/6/2021

Updated: 1/24/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-41103

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:containerd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:golang-github-containerd-containerd-dev

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/6/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/1/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-41103

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