CVE-2021-4120

Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
0.1%
top 74.86%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedFeb 17
Latest updateFeb 24

Description

snapd 2.54.2 fails to perform sufficient validation of snap content interface and layout paths, resulting in the ability for snaps to inject arbitrary AppArmor policy rules via malformed content interface and layout declarations and hence escape strict snap confinement. Fixed in snapd versions 2.54.3+18.04, 2.54.3+20.04 and 2.54.3+21.10.1

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.5 | Impact: 6.0

Affected Packages4 packages

Debiansnapd< 2.49-1+deb11u1+3
Ubuntusnapd< 2.54.3+18.04+1
NVDcanonical/snapd2.54.2
CVEListV5canonical_ltd./snapdunspecified2.54.2

Also affects: Fedora 34, 35, Ubuntu Linux 18.04, 20.04, 21.10

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

7
OSV
snapd regression2022-02-24
GHSA
GHSA-hfvx-54vj-h9wq: snapd 22022-02-19
OSV
snapd vulnerabilities2022-02-18
OSV
snapd vulnerabilities2022-02-18
OSV
snapd vulnerabilities2022-02-17

📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
snapd vulnerabilities2022-02-18
Ubuntu
snapd vulnerabilities2022-02-18
Ubuntu
snapd vulnerabilities2022-02-17
Debian
CVE-2021-4120: snapd - snapd 2.54.2 fails to perform sufficient validation of snap content interface an...2021
CVE-2021-4120 (HIGH CVSS 7.8) | snapd 2.54.2 fails to perform suffi | cvebase.io