CVE-2019-10214 containers/image library Insufficiently Protects Credentials

Medium 6.4 Published Updated

Attackers can intercept unencrypted registry auth traffic to steal credentials or tokens via Man-in-the-Middle attacks.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2019-10214?

CVE-2019-10214 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Leap, published on 25 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The containers/image library used by the container tools Podman, Buildah, and Skopeo in Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 8 and CRI-O in OpenShift Container Platform, does not enforce TLS connections to the container registry authorization service. An attacker could use this vulnerability to launch a MiTM attack and steal login credentials or bearer tokens.

Weakness: CWE-522

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10214?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/containers/image. It affects 6 products.

PackageAffectedFixed in
github.com/containers/image GoAll versions2.0.2-0.20190802080134-634605d06e73+incompatible
github.com/containers/image GoAll versions3.0.0
github.com/containers/image GoAll versions3.0.0
Linux distribution packages (17)
cri-o Red Hat:openshift:3.9::el7All versions0:1.9.16-5.git858756d.el7
cri-o-debuginfo Red Hat:openshift:3.9::el7All versions0:1.9.16-5.git858756d.el7
cri-o Red Hat:openshift:4.1::el7All versions0:1.13.11-0.4.dev.rhaos4.1.git9cb8f2f.el7
cri-o-debuginfo Red Hat:openshift:4.1::el7All versions0:1.13.11-0.4.dev.rhaos4.1.git9cb8f2f.el7
cri-o Red Hat:openshift:4.1::el8All versions0:1.13.11-0.7.dev.rhaos4.1.git9cb8f2f.el8
cri-o-debuginfo Red Hat:openshift:4.1::el8All versions0:1.13.11-0.7.dev.rhaos4.1.git9cb8f2f.el8
cri-o-debugsource Red Hat:openshift:4.1::el8All versions0:1.13.11-0.7.dev.rhaos4.1.git9cb8f2f.el8
buildah SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP1All versions1.7.1-3.3.1
podman SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP1All versions1.4.4-4.11.1
skopeo SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15All versions0.1.32-4.8.1
skopeo SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP1All versions0.1.32-4.8.1
skopeo SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP1All versions0.1.41-4.11.1
skopeo openSUSE:Leap 15.0All versions0.1.32-lp150.8.1
buildah openSUSE:Leap 15.1All versions1.7.1-lp151.2.3.1
podman openSUSE:Leap 15.1All versions1.4.4-lp151.3.6.1
skopeo openSUSE:Leap 15.1All versions0.1.32-lp151.2.3.1
skopeo openSUSE:Leap 15.1All versions0.1.41-lp151.2.6.1

Products include Buildah Project Buildah, Libpod Project Libpod, Opensuse Leap, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Redhat Openshift Container Platform, Skopeo Project Skopeo.

How do I fix CVE-2019-10214?

Upgrade github.com/containers/image to a fixed version for your release line: 2.0.2-0.20190802080134-634605d06e73+incompatible or 3.0.0.

Is CVE-2019-10214 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10214 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-85p9-j7c9-v4gr, GO-2021-0081, RHSA-2019:2825, RHSA-2019:3812, SUSE-SU-2019:2340-1, SUSE-SU-2019:2341-1 and 8 more.

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