CVE-2021-20188 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2021-20188: A flaw was found in podman before 1.7.0. File permissions for non-root users running in a privileged container are not correctly checked. This flaw can be abused by a low-privileged user inside the container to access any other file in the container, even if owned by the root user inside the contain

Affects 2 Linux releases across 2 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2021-20188 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

libpod→ fixed in2.0.2+dfsg1-3urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libpod
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

libpod→ fixed in2.0.2+dfsg1-3urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libpod
```

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