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USN-4653-2: containerd vulnerability

Publication date

13 January 2021

Overview

containerd could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator.

Releases

Packages

Details

USN-4653-1 fixed a vulnerability in containerd. Unfortunately, those containerd packages introduced a regression in docker.io and the update was reverted. This update addresses the docker.io issue and reintroduces the fixes from USN-4653-1. We apologize for the inconvenience.

USN-4653-1 fixed a vulnerability in containerd. Unfortunately, those containerd packages introduced a regression in docker.io and the update was reverted. This update addresses the docker.io issue and reintroduces the fixes from USN-4653-1. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to restart containerd to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
20.10 groovy containerd –  1.3.7-0ubuntu3.2
golang-github-containerd-containerd-dev –  1.3.7-0ubuntu3.2
20.04 focal containerd –  1.3.3-0ubuntu2.2
golang-github-docker-containerd-dev –  1.3.3-0ubuntu2.2
18.04 bionic containerd –  1.3.3-0ubuntu1~18.04.4
golang-github-docker-containerd-dev –  1.3.3-0ubuntu1~18.04.4
16.04 xenial containerd –  1.2.6-0ubuntu1~16.04.6
golang-github-docker-containerd-dev –  1.2.6-0ubuntu1~16.04.6

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