SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : runc (SUSE-SU-2023:2003-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 174770

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:2003-1 advisory.

Update to runc v1.1.5:

Security fixes:

- CVE-2023-25809: Fixed rootless `/sys/fs/cgroup` is writable when cgroupns isn't unshared (bnc#1209884).
- CVE-2023-27561: Fixed regression that reintroduced CVE-2019-19921 vulnerability (bnc#1208962).
- CVE-2023-28642: Fixed AppArmor/SELinux bypass with symlinked /proc (bnc#1209888).

Other fixes:

- Fix the inability to use `/dev/null` when inside a container.
- Fix changing the ownership of host's `/dev/null` caused by fd redirection (bsc#1168481).
- Fix rare runc exec/enter unshare error on older kernels.
- nsexec: Check for errors in `write_log()`.
- Drop version-specific Go requirement.

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

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

Solution

Update the affected runc package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 174770

File Name: suse_SU-2023-2003-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 4/26/2023

Updated: 6/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, tenable_cloud_security, tenable_self_hosted_container_security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-28642

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:runc, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/25/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-25809, CVE-2023-27561, CVE-2023-28642

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:2003-1

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