CVE-2019-11502 — Link Following in Snapd

CWE-59 — Link Following6 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 31.37%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Snapcraft SnapdCanonical Snapd
Timeline
PublishedApr 24
Latest updateMay 24

Description

snap-confine in snapd before 2.38 incorrectly set the ownership of a snap application to the uid and gid of the first calling user. Consequently, that user had unintended access to a private /tmp directory.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDcanonical/snapd< 2.38
▶Debiansnapcraft/snapd< 2.40-1+3

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-hhc7-jq5j-875q: snap-confine in snapd before 2↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2019-11502: snap-confine in snapd before 2↗2019-04-24
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CVEList
CVE-2019-11502: snap-confine in snapd before 2↗2019-04-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2019-11502: snapd - snap-confine in snapd before 2.38 incorrectly set the ownership of a snap applic...↗2019
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-11502 snapd: incorrect setting of ownership leads to access private /tmp directory↗2019-04-30
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