First published: Tue Aug 09 2022(Updated: )
The podman packages version podman-1.6.4-32.el7_9 as released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras via RHSA-2022:2190 (<a href="https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2190">https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2190</a>) included an incorrect version of podman that was missing multiple bug and security fixes. One of the fixes regressed in that update was the fix for <a href="https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14370">CVE-2020-14370</a>, that was previously corrected in the podman packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras via RHSA-2020:5056 (<a href="https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5056">https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5056</a>). The <a href="https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2739">CVE-2022-2739</a> was assigned to this security regression and it is specific to the podman packages produced by Red Hat. The original issue - <a href="https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14370">CVE-2020-14370</a> - could possibly allow an attacker to gain access to sensitive information stored in environment variables. For more details about the original issue, see: <a href="https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14370">https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14370</a> <a href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14370">https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14370</a>
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Podman |
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The severity of REDHAT-BUG-2116927 is considered to be high due to the potential for multiple operational issues in Podman.
To fix REDHAT-BUG-2116927, upgrade to the latest Podman package recommended by Red Hat.
REDHAT-BUG-2116927 can cause significant disruption and instability when utilizing Podman version 1.6.4-32.el7_9.
Podman version 1.6.4-32.el7_9 is the specific affected version in REDHAT-BUG-2116927.
There is no official workaround for REDHAT-BUG-2116927; upgrading is the recommended solution.