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source-to-image: Improper path sanitization in ExtractTarStreamFromTarReader in tar/tar.go

Published Apr 30, 2018

Description

A flaw was found in source-to-image function as shipped with Openshift Enterprise 3.x. An improper path validation of tar files in ExtractTarStreamFromTarReader in tar/tar.go leads to privilege escalation.

Affected products

Remediation

Red Hat statement

Package source-to-image as shipped in Red Hat Software Collections has been rated as Important, because it allows an attacker to get access to the victim's machine, but it requires user interaction.

Red Hat mitigation

Customers can turn off the source-to-image (S2I) build strategy to prevent access to the exploitable function. Information about how to disable the source-to-image build strategy is in the product documentation. * Disabling S2I in OpenShift Enterprise 3.0 - https://docs.openshift.com/enterprise/3.0/admin_guide/securing_builds.html#disabling-a-build-strategy-globally * Disabling S2I in OpenShift Enterprise 3.1 - https://docs.openshift.com/enterprise/3.1/admin_guide/securing_builds.html#disabling-a-build-strategy-globally * Disabling S2I in OpenShift Enterprise 3.2 - https://docs.openshift.com/enterprise/3.2/admin_guide/securing_builds.html#disabling-a-build-strategy-globally * Disabling S2I in OpenShift Enterprise 3.3 - https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/openshift_container_platform/3.3/html/cluster_administration/admin-guide-securing-builds * Disabling S2I in OpenShift Enterprise 3.4 - https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/openshift_container_platform/3.4/html/cluster_administration/admin-guide-securing-builds * Disabling S2I in OpenShift Enterprise 3.5 - https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/openshift_container_platform/3.5/html/cluster_administration/admin-guide-securing-builds * Disabling S2I in OpenShift Enterprise 3.6 - https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/openshift_container_platform/3.6/html/cluster_administration/admin-guide-securing-builds * Disabling S2I in OpenShift Enterprise 3.7 - https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/openshift_container_platform/3.7/html/cluster_administration/admin-guide-securing-builds * OpenShift Enterprise 3.8 is not a production version (only for upgrades). * Disabling S2I in OpenShift Enterprise 3.9 - https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/openshift_container_platform/3.9/html/cluster_administration/admin-guide-securing-builds

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Apr 30, 2018
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Dec 4, 2017
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Critical
Public date Apr 27, 2018