CVE-2019-13012

Severity
7.5HIGH
EPSS
0.8%
top 25.54%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJun 28
Latest updateMay 24

Description

The keyfile settings backend in GNOME GLib (aka glib2.0) before 2.60.0 creates directories using g_file_make_directory_with_parents (kfsb->dir, NULL, NULL) and files using g_file_replace_contents (kfsb->file, contents, length, NULL, FALSE, G_FILE_CREATE_REPLACE_DESTINATION, NULL, NULL, NULL). Consequently, it does not properly restrict directory (and file) permissions. Instead, for directories, 0777 permissions are used; for files, default file permissions are used. This is similar to CVE-2019-1

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages2 packages

NVDgnome/glib2.0.02.59.1
Debianglib2.0< 2.60.5-1+3

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-4cmr-h54h-4w78: The keyfile settings backend in GNOME GLib (aka glib22022-05-24
OSV
CVE-2019-13012: The keyfile settings backend in GNOME GLib (aka glib22019-06-28
CVEList
CVE-2019-13012: The keyfile settings backend in GNOME GLib (aka glib22019-06-28

📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
GLib vulnerability2019-07-08
Ubuntu
GLib vulnerability2019-07-08
Red Hat
glib2: insecure permissions for files and directories2019-06-28
Microsoft
The keyfile settings backend in GNOME GLib (aka glib2.0) before 2.60.0 creates directories using g_file_make_directory_with_parents (kfsb->dir NULL NULL) and files using g_file_replace_contents (kfsb-2019-06-11
Debian
CVE-2019-13012: glib2.0 - The keyfile settings backend in GNOME GLib (aka glib2.0) before 2.60.0 creates d...2019

💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-13012 glib2: insecure permissions for files and directories2019-07-10
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-13012 glib2: insecure permissions for files and directories [fedora-all]2019-07-10
CVE-2019-13012 (HIGH CVSS 7.5) | The keyfile settings backend in GNO | cvebase.io