{"id":"USN-6202-1","summary":"containerd vulnerabilities","details":"David Korczynski and Adam Korczynski discovered that containerd\nincorrectly processed certain images with large files. An attacker\ncould possibly use this issue to cause containerd to crash,\nresulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-25153)\n\nIt was discovered that containerd incorrectly set up supplementary\ngroups inside a container. An attacker with direct access to the\ncontainer could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information\nor execute code with higher privileges. (CVE-2023-25173)\n","modified":"2026-06-25T13:32:10.604231276Z","published":"2023-07-05T10:44:07Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2023-25153","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-25173"],"upstream":["CVE-2023-25153","CVE-2023-25173","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-25153","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-25173"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6202-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-25153"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-25173"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"containerd","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/containerd?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fxenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.2.6-0ubuntu1~16.04.6+esm4"}]}],"versions":["0.2.1-0ubuntu4~16.04","0.2.3-0ubuntu1~16.04","0.2.5-0ubuntu1~16.04.1","1.2.6-0ubuntu1~16.04.2","1.2.6-0ubuntu1~16.04.3","1.2.6-0ubuntu1~16.04.4","1.2.6-0ubuntu1~16.04.5","1.2.6-0ubuntu1~16.04.6","1.2.6-0ubuntu1~16.04.6+esm1","1.2.6-0ubuntu1~16.04.6+esm2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.2.6-0ubuntu1~16.04.6+esm4","binary_name":"containerd"},{"binary_name":"golang-github-docker-containerd-dev","binary_version":"1.2.6-0ubuntu1~16.04.6+esm4"}],"availability":"Available 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