CVE-2021-41103
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
Insufficiently restricted permissions on plugin directories in github.com/containerd/containerd
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Arch Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Fixed | 1.5.7-1 |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.5.7~ds1-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.5.7~ds1-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.5.7~ds1-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.4.5~ds1-2+deb11u1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.5.7~ds1-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/containerd/containerd | <1.4.11 | 1.4.11 |
| Go | github.com/containerd/containerd | >=1.5.0,<1.5.7 | 1.5.7 |
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-41103
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-41103.html
- https://github.com/containerd/containerd/security/advisories/GHSA-c2h3-6mxw-7mvq
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41103
- https://github.com/containerd/containerd/commit/5b46e404f6b9f661a205e28d59c982d3634148f8
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-222547.pdf
- https://github.com/containerd/containerd
- https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.4.11
- https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.5.7
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B5Q6G6I4W5COQE25QMC7FJY3I3PAYFBB
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZNFADTCHHYWVM6W4NJ6CB4FNFM2VMBIB
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B5Q6G6I4W5COQE25QMC7FJY3I3PAYFBB
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZNFADTCHHYWVM6W4NJ6CB4FNFM2VMBIB
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-31
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5002
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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