Bugzilla – Bug 1177901
VUL-0: CVE-2020-15229: singularity: path traversal and files overwrite with unsquashfs
Last modified: 2021-11-08 14:36:58 UTC
CVE-2020-15229 Singularity (an open source container platform) from version 3.1.1 through 3.6.3 has a vulnerability. Due to insecure handling of path traversal and the lack of path sanitization within `unsquashfs`, it is possible to overwrite/create any files on the host filesystem during the extraction with a crafted squashfs filesystem. The extraction occurs automatically for unprivileged (either installation or with `allow setuid = no`) run of Singularity when a user attempt to run an image which is a local SIF image or a single file containing a squashfs filesystem and is coming from remote sources `library://` or `shub://`. Image build is also impacted in a more serious way as it can be used by a root user, allowing an attacker to overwrite/create files leading to a system compromise, so far bootstrap methods `library`, `shub` and `localimage` are triggering the squashfs extraction. This issue is addressed in Singularity 3.6.4. All users are advised to upgrade to 3.6.4 especially if they use Singularity mainly for building image as root user. There is no solid workaround except to temporary avoid to use unprivileged mode with single file images in favor of sandbox images instead. Regarding image build, temporary avoid to build from `library` and `shub` sources and as much as possible use `--fakeroot` or a VM for that. Upstream references: https://github.com/hpcng/singularity/security/advisories/GHSA-7gcp-w6ww-2xv9 https://github.com/hpcng/singularity/blob/v3.6.4/CHANGELOG.md#security-related-fixes Upstream patches: https://github.com/hpcng/singularity/pull/5611 https://github.com/hpcng/singularity/commit/eba3dea260b117198fdb6faf41f2482ab2f8d53e References: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1888811 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2020-15229 http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2020/CVE-2020-15229.html http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-15229
Affected: openSUSE Leap 15.1 openSUSE Leap 15.2 openSUSE Tumbleweed
This is an autogenerated message for OBS integration: This bug (1177901) was mentioned in https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/843644 15.1 / singularity https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/843645 15.2 / singularity
openSUSE-SU-2020:1770-1: An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Category: security (important) Bug References: 1177901 CVE References: CVE-2020-15229 JIRA References: Sources used: openSUSE Leap 15.2 (src): singularity-3.6.4-lp152.2.9.1
openSUSE-SU-2020:1769-1: An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Category: security (important) Bug References: 1177901 CVE References: CVE-2020-15229 JIRA References: Sources used: openSUSE Leap 15.1 (src): singularity-3.6.4-lp151.2.12.1
openSUSE-SU-2020:1814-1: An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Category: security (important) Bug References: 1177901 CVE References: CVE-2020-15229 JIRA References: Sources used: openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2 (src): singularity-3.6.4-bp152.2.12.1