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GHSA-7638-r9r3-rmjj

Buildah processes using chroot isolation may leak environment values to intermediate processes

Quick fix

GHSA-7638-r9r3-rmjj — github.com/containers/buildah: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

go get github.com/containers/buildah@v1.16.8

Details

### Impact When running processes using "chroot" isolation, the process being run can examine the environment variables of its immediate parent and grandparent processes (CVE-2021-3602). This isolation type is often used when running `buildah` in unprivileged containers, and it is often used to do so in CI/CD environments. If sensitive information is exposed to the original `buildah` process through its environment, that information will unintentionally be shared with child processes which it starts as part of handling RUN instructions or during `buildah run`. The commands that `buildah` is instructed to run can read that information if they choose to.

### Patches Users should upgrade packages, or images which contain packages, to include version 1.21.3 or later.

### Workarounds As a workaround, invoking `buildah` in a container under `env -i` to have it started with a reinitialized environment should prevent the leakage.

### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in [buildah](https://github.com/containers/buildah/issues) * Email us at [the buildah general mailing list](mailto:buildah@lists.buildah.io), or [the podman security mailing list](mailto:security@lists.podman.io) if it's sensitive.

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Affected packages

Go/github.com/containers/buildah
Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 1.16.8
Fixgo get github.com/containers/buildah@v1.16.8
Go/github.com/containers/buildah
Introduced in: 1.17.0Fixed in: 1.17.2
Fixgo get github.com/containers/buildah@v1.17.2
Go/github.com/containers/buildah
Introduced in: 1.18.0Fixed in: 1.19.9
Fixgo get github.com/containers/buildah@v1.19.9
Go/github.com/containers/buildah
Introduced in: 1.20.0Fixed in: 1.21.3
Fixgo get github.com/containers/buildah@v1.21.3

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