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CVE-2021-44730
published 2022-02-17

CVE-2021-44730: snapd 2.54.2 did not properly validate the location of the snap-confine binary. A local attacker who can hardlink this binary to another location to cause…

high8.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSCCHIHAH
snapd 2.54.2 did not properly validate the location of the snap-confine binary. A local attacker who can hardlink this binary to another location to cause snap-confine to execute other arbitrary binaries and hence gain privilege escalation. Fixed in snapd versions 2.54.3+18.04, 2.54.3+20.04 and 2.54.3+21.10.1

Affected

23 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
canonicalsnapd<= 2.54.2
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonical_ltdsnapdunspecified – 2.54.2
debiandebian_linux
debiandebian_linux
debiansnapd< snapd 2.54.3-1 (bookworm)snapd 2.54.3-1 (bookworm)
fedoraprojectfedora
fedoraprojectfedora
snapcraftsnapd>= 0 < 2.49-1+deb11u12.49-1+deb11u1
snapcraftsnapd>= 0 < 2.54.3-12.54.3-1
snapcraftsnapd>= 0 < 2.54.3-12.54.3-1
snapcraftsnapd>= 0 < 2.54.3-12.54.3-1
snapcraftsnapd>= 0 < 2.54.3+18.042.54.3+18.04
snapcraftsnapd>= 0 < 2.54.3+18.04.2ubuntu0.22.54.3+18.04.2ubuntu0.2
snapcraftsnapd>= 0 < 2.54.3+20.042.54.3+20.04
snapcraftsnapd>= 0 < 2.54.3+20.04.12.54.3+20.04.1
snapcraftsnapd>= 0 < 2.54.3+20.04.1ubuntu0.22.54.3+20.04.1ubuntu0.2
snapcraftsnapd>= 0 < 2.54.3+14.04~esm12.54.3+14.04~esm1
snapcraftsnapd>= 0 < 2.54.3+14.04.0ubuntu0.1~esm32.54.3+14.04.0ubuntu0.1~esm3
snapcraftsnapd>= 0 < 2.54.3+16.04~esm22.54.3+16.04~esm2
snapcraftsnapd>= 0 < 2.54.3+16.04.0ubuntu0.1~esm42.54.3+16.04.0ubuntu0.1~esm4

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.18.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
osv8.8HIGH