Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202009-11

Severity: High
Date : 2020-09-26
CVE-ID : CVE-2020-14370
Package : podman
Type : information disclosure
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1233

Summary

The package podman before version 2.1.0-1 is vulnerable to information
disclosure.

Resolution

Upgrade to 2.1.0-1.

pacman -Syu “podman>=2.1.0-1”

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 2.1.0.

Workaround

None.

Description

A flaw was discovered in Podman before upstream version 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 containers will get leaked into subsequent
containers. An attacker who has control over those subsequent
containers may get access to secrets shared with previous containers
through environment variables.

Impact

A local privileged user can potentially view secrets in environment
variables.

References

https://github.com/containers/podman/commit/a7e864e6e7de894d4edde4fff00e53dc6a0b5074
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-14370