Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS-2025-920
Advisory Release Date: 2025-03-26 20:44 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-04-01 11:34 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
containerd is an open-source container runtime. A bug was found in containerd prior to versions 1.6.38, 1.7.27, and 2.0.4 where containers launched with a User set as a `UID:GID` larger than the maximum 32-bit signed integer can cause an overflow condition where the container ultimately runs as root (UID 0). This could cause unexpected behavior for environments that require containers to run as a non-root user. This bug has been fixed in containerd 1.6.38, 1.7.27, and 2.04. As a workaround, ensure that only trusted images are used and that only trusted users have permissions to import images. (CVE-2024-40635)
Affected Packages:
containerd
Issue Correction:
Run dnf update containerd --releasever 2023.7.20250331 to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
containerd-stress-debuginfo-1.7.27-1.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
containerd-stress-1.7.27-1.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
containerd-debuginfo-1.7.27-1.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
containerd-1.7.27-1.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
containerd-debugsource-1.7.27-1.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
src:
containerd-1.7.27-1.amzn2023.0.1.src
x86_64:
containerd-debuginfo-1.7.27-1.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
containerd-stress-debuginfo-1.7.27-1.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
containerd-stress-1.7.27-1.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
containerd-1.7.27-1.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
containerd-debugsource-1.7.27-1.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64