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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-14370

medium Nessus Plugin ID 223208

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - An information disclosure vulnerability was found in containers/podman in versions before 2.0.5. When using the deprecated Varlink API or the Docker-compatible REST API, if multiple containers are created in a short duration, the environment variables from the first container will get leaked into subsequent containers. An attacker who has control over the subsequent containers could use this flaw to gain access to sensitive information stored in such variables. (CVE-2020-14370)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-14370

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 223208

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2020_14370.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/14/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-14370

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-gvproxy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-docker, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-catatonit, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-remote, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-remote, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-docker, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-manpages, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-catatonit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-gvproxy, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-manpages, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-plugins, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-plugins, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-tests

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/22/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-14370