CVE-2023-27561 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2023-27561: runc through 1.1.4 has Incorrect Access Control leading to Escalation of Privileges, related to libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go. To exploit this, an attacker must be able to spawn two containers with custom volume-mount configurations, and be able to run custom images. NOTE: this issue exists because o

Affects 8 Linux releases across 13 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2023-27561 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

runc→ fixed in1.0.0~rc93+ds1-5+deb11u5urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y runc
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

runc→ fixed in1.1.5+ds1-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y runc
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

runc→ fixed in1.1.5+ds1-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y runc
```

Alpine v3.20

Source: Alpine secdb

runc→ fixed in1.1.4-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade runc
```
runc→ fixed in1.1.4-r7
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade runc
```

Alpine v3.21

Source: Alpine secdb

runc→ fixed in1.1.4-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade runc
```
runc→ fixed in1.1.4-r7
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade runc
```

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

runc→ fixed in1.1.4-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade runc
```
runc→ fixed in1.1.4-r7
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade runc
```

Alpine v3.18

Source: Alpine secdb

runc→ fixed in1.1.4-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade runc
```
runc→ fixed in1.1.4-r7
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade runc
```

Alpine v3.19

Source: Alpine secdb

runc→ fixed in1.1.4-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade runc
```
runc→ fixed in1.1.4-r7
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade runc
```

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