CVE-2020-13845 Execution Control List (ECL) Is Insecure in Singularity

High 7.5 Published Updated
Exploited in the wild
Not known
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2020-13845?

CVE-2020-13845 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Jul 2020.

Official description

Sylabs Singularity 3.0 through 3.5 has Improper Validation of an Integrity Check Value. Image integrity is not validated when an ECL policy is enforced. The fingerprint required by the ECL is compared against the signature object descriptor(s) in the SIF file, rather than to a cryptographically validated signature.

Weakness: CWE-354, CWE-347

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-13845?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/sylabs/singularity. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
github.com/sylabs/singularity GoFrom 3.0.03.6.0
github.com/sylabs/singularity GoFrom 3.0.03.6.0

Products include Sylabs Singularity.

How do I fix CVE-2020-13845?

Upgrade github.com/sylabs/singularity to 3.6.0 or later.

Is CVE-2020-13845 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-13845 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-pmfr-63c2-jr5c, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13845.

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