Alta Aware — 1585: container breakout vulnerabilities (Leaky Vessels) in runc and Moby (Docker engine)

Release Date

31st of July 2024.

Overview

Several vulnerabilities allowing container escapes, collectively known as "Leaky Vessels", have been discovered in components such as runc and Moby (Docker engine). This access could potentially allow attackers to steal sensitive data and launch further attacks on the host system. This vulnerability only affected the CI infrastructure, so the products were not directly affected.

Affected Products

• Ava Aware:
  • All Stable upgrade channel versions before 6.9.5.
  • All Beta upgrade channel versions before 6.9.0.
• Ava Cameras:
  • All Stable upgrade Channel versions before 6.9.5.
  • All Beta upgrade channel versions before 6.9.0.
• Ava Cloud: before 7th May 2024.

Unaffected Products

• Ava Aware:

  • All Stable upgrade channel versions after and including 6.9.5.
  • All Beta upgrade channel versions after and including 6.9.0.

• Ava Cameras:

  • All Stable upgrade channel versions after and including 6.9.5.
  • All Beta upgrade channel versions after and including 6.9.0.

• Ava Cloud: from 7th May 2024

Resolution

This issue has been fixed in Ava Aware Beta upgrade channel version 6.9.0 and Stable upgrade channel version 6.9.5.

It is highly recommended that all installations running an affected version are upgraded to the latest release as soon as possible. Releases are available to download through the Ava Aware User Interface.

A fix was deployed to the Ava Cloud on 7th May 2024. Ava Cloud customers do not need to take any additional action.

This issue has been fixed in Ava Camera Beta upgrade channel version 6.9.0 and Stable upgrade channel version 6.9.5.

It is highly recommended that all Ava Camera installations running an affected version upgrade to the latest release as soon as possible. Releases are available to download through the Ava Aware User Interface for Ava managed cameras and the Ava Camera User Interface for unmanaged Ava cameras.

Vulnerability Information

• CVE: CVE-2024-21626 and CVE-2024-24557.
• CVSSv3 score: 8.6 (High)
• CVSSv3 vector: CCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Mitigations

There are no known mitigations for this issue.

Work arounds

There are no known work arounds for this issue.

Acknowledgements

Issue reported by the Snyk team.

Disclosure Timeline

• 02/02/2024 Issue found
• 25/04/2024 Root cause established
• 25/04/2024 Fix identified
• 07/05/2024 Patched Ava Cloud released
• 21/05/2024 Patched Ava Aware (Beta upgrade channel) released
• 01/07/2024 Patched Ava Aware (Stable upgrade channel) released
• 21/05/2024 Patched Ava Cameras (Beta upgrade channel) released
• 01/07/2024 Patched Ava Cameras (Stable upgrade channel) released
• 31/07/2024 Vulnerability publicly disclosed