RHSA-2020:1650 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: container-tools:rhel8 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · April 29, 2020
Updated · October 31, 2026
Topic
An update for the container-tools:rhel8 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The container-tools module contains tools for working with containers, notably podman, buildah, skopeo, and runc.
Security Fix(es):
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runc: volume mount race condition with shared mounts leads to information leak/integrity manipulation (CVE-2019-19921)
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containers/image: Container images read entire image manifest into memory (CVE-2020-1702)
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podman: incorrectly allows existing files in volumes to be overwritten by a container when it is created (CVE-2020-1726)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Release Notes linked from the References section.