title: /etc/passwd tampering privesc
description: A vulnerability was found in cri-o. This issue allows the addition of arbitrary lines into /etc/passwd by use of a specially crafted environment variable.
problem types: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory
affected:
{
product: cri-o
vendor: n/a
defaultStatus: affected
}
{
vendor: Red Hat
product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.11
collectionURL: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
packageName: cri-o
defaultStatus: affected
versions:
version: 0:1.24.4-10.rhaos4.11.git1ed5ac5.el8, lessThan: *, versionType: rpm, status: unaffected
cpe: cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.11::el8
}
{
vendor: Red Hat
product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12
collectionURL: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
packageName: cri-o
defaultStatus: affected
versions:
version: 0:1.25.2-9.rhaos4.12.git0a083f9.el9, lessThan: *, versionType: rpm, status: unaffected
cpe: [cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.12::el8, cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.12::el9]
}
{
vendor: Red Hat
product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
collectionURL: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
packageName: fence-agents
defaultStatus: unaffected
cpes: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
}
{
product: Fedora 36
vendor: Fedora
collectionURL: https://packages.fedoraproject.org/
packageName: cri-o:1.23/cri-o
defaultStatus: affected
}
{
product: Fedora 37
vendor: Fedora
collectionURL: https://packages.fedoraproject.org/
packageName: cri-o:1.25/cri-o
defaultStatus: affected
}
{
product: Fedora 36
vendor: Fedora
collectionURL: https://packages.fedoraproject.org/
packageName: cri-o:1.25/cri-o
defaultStatus: affected
}
{
product: Fedora 36
vendor: Fedora
collectionURL: https://packages.fedoraproject.org/
packageName: cri-o:1.21/cri-o
defaultStatus: affected
}
{
product: Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8
vendor: Fedora
collectionURL: https://packages.fedoraproject.org/
packageName: cri-o:1.21/cri-o
defaultStatus: affected
}
{
product: Fedora 37
vendor: Fedora
collectionURL: https://packages.fedoraproject.org/
packageName: cri-o:1.24/cri-o
defaultStatus: affected
}
{
product: Fedora 36
vendor: Fedora
collectionURL: https://packages.fedoraproject.org/
packageName: cri-o:1.22/cri-o
defaultStatus: affected
}
{
product: Fedora 36
vendor: Fedora
collectionURL: https://packages.fedoraproject.org/
packageName: cri-o:1.24/cri-o
defaultStatus: affected
}
{
product: Fedora
vendor: Fedora
collectionURL: https://packages.fedoraproject.org/
packageName: cri-o
defaultStatus: affected
}
{
product: Fedora 36
vendor: Fedora
collectionURL: https://packages.fedoraproject.org/
packageName: cri-o:1.20/cri-o
defaultStatus: affected
}
metrics:
other: [
content: {'value': 'Moderate', 'namespace': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/'}
type: Red Hat severity rating
]