SUSE SLES12 Security Update : containerd, docker, runc (SUSE-SU-2023:4625-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 186520

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:4625-1 advisory.

containerd:

-Update to containerd v1.7.8. Upstream release notes:

https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.7.8

docker:

- Update to Docker 24.0.7-ce. See upstream changelong online at https://docs.docker.com/engine/release-notes/24.0/#2407 (bsc#1217513)
* Deny containers access to /sys/devices/virtual/powercap by default.
- CVE-2020-8694 bsc#1170415
- CVE-2020-8695 bsc#1170446
- CVE-2020-12912 bsc#1178760

runc:

- Update to runc v1.1.10. Upstream changelog is available from https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases/tag/v1.1.10

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 containerd, docker and / or runc packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 186520

File Name: suse_SU-2023-4625-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/2/2023

Updated: 6/25/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.7

Percentile: 96.65

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8695

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:containerd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:docker, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:runc

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/1/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/11/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-12912, CVE-2020-8694, CVE-2020-8695

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:4625-1

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