Vulnerability · Published Sep 23, 2020 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2020-14370

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in podman. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.4% (higher than 73% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.4%top 27.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8crit3.15-1.module_el8.6.0+2876+9ed4eae2ALSA-2021:0531
AlmaLinux:8criu3.15-1.module_el8.6.0+2876+9ed4eae2ALSA-2021:0531
AlmaLinux:8libslirp4.3.1-1.module_el8.6.0+2876+9ed4eae2ALSA-2021:0531
AlmaLinux:8libslirp-devel4.3.1-1.module_el8.6.0+2876+9ed4eae2ALSA-2021:0531
AlmaLinux:8python-podman-api1.2.0-0.2.gitd0a45fe.module_el8.5.0+2635+e4386a39ALSA-2021:0531
AlmaLinux:8python-podman-api1.2.0-0.2.gitd0a45fe.module_el8.5.0+108+00865455ALSA-2021:0531
AlmaLinux:8python3-criu3.15-1.module_el8.6.0+2876+9ed4eae2ALSA-2021:0531
AlmaLinux:8slirp4netns1.1.8-1.module_el8.6.0+2876+9ed4eae2ALSA-2021:0531
AlmaLinux:8udica0.2.4-1.module_el8.6.0+2876+9ed4eae2ALSA-2021:0531
Alpine:v3.20podman2.0.5-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-14370
Alpine:v3.21podman2.0.5-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-14370
Alpine:v3.22podman2.0.5-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-14370
Alpine:v3.23podman2.0.5-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-14370
Alpine:v3.24podman2.0.5-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-14370
Debian:12libpod2.0.6+dfsg1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14370
Gogithub.com/containers/libpodno fix listedGO-2024-2766
Gogithub.com/containers/libpod/v22.0.5GO-2024-2766
Gogithub.com/containers/podman/v22.0.5GHSA-c3wv-qmjj-45r6
Rocky Linux:8criu0:3.15-1.module+el8.6.0+783+10209741RLSA-2021:0531
Rocky Linux:8criu0:3.15-1.module+el8.7.0+1076+9b1c11c1RLSA-2021:0531
Rocky Linux:8criu0:3.15-1.module+el8.4.0+556+40122d08RLSA-2021:0531
Rocky Linux:8criu0:3.15-1.module+el8.5.0+709+440d5e7eRLSA-2021:0531
Rocky Linux:8libslirp0:4.3.1-1.module+el8.5.0+709+440d5e7eRLSA-2021:0531
Rocky Linux:8libslirp0:4.3.1-1.module+el8.7.0+1076+9b1c11c1RLSA-2021:0531
Rocky Linux:8libslirp0:4.3.1-1.module+el8.4.0+556+40122d08RLSA-2021:0531
Rocky Linux:8libslirp0:4.3.1-1.module+el8.6.0+783+10209741RLSA-2021:0531
Rocky Linux:8oci-seccomp-bpf-hook0:1.2.0-1.module+el8.4.0+558+7340b765RLSA-2021:0531
Rocky Linux:8python-podman-api0:1.2.0-0.2.gitd0a45fe.module+el8.5.0+708+6758137dRLSA-2021:0531
Rocky Linux:8python-podman-api0:1.2.0-0.2.gitd0a45fe.module+el8.5.0+770+e2f49861RLSA-2021:0531
Rocky Linux:8python-podman-api0:1.2.0-0.2.gitd0a45fe.module+el8.4.0+559+c02fa3b2RLSA-2021:0531
Rocky Linux:8slirp4netns0:1.1.8-1.module+el8.5.0+709+440d5e7eRLSA-2021:0531
Rocky Linux:8slirp4netns0:1.1.8-1.module+el8.6.0+783+10209741RLSA-2021:0531
Rocky Linux:8slirp4netns0:1.1.8-1.module+el8.4.0+537+38cf4e42RLSA-2021:0531
Rocky Linux:8slirp4netns0:1.1.8-1.module+el8.7.0+1076+9b1c11c1RLSA-2021:0531
Rocky Linux:8toolbox0:0.0.8-1.module+el8.4.0+556+40122d08RLSA-2021:0531
Rocky Linux:8udica0:0.2.4-1.module+el8.6.0+783+10209741RLSA-2021:0531
Rocky Linux:8udica0:0.2.4-1.module+el8.5.0+709+440d5e7eRLSA-2021:0531
Rocky Linux:8udica0:0.2.4-1.module+el8.7.0+1076+9b1c11c1RLSA-2021:0531
Rocky Linux:8udica0:0.2.4-1.module+el8.4.0+556+40122d08RLSA-2021:0531

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a podman podman versions before 2.0.5

Weakness: CWE-212

References