CVE-2019-11503

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-11503
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-04-24 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:03:00 UTC
Descriptionsnap-confine as included in snapd before 2.39 did not guard against symlink races when performing the chdir() to the current working directory of the calling user, aka a "cwd restore permission bypass."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Canonical Snapd All All All All
Application Canonical Snapd All All All All

References

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[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: snapd-glib-1.48-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: snapd-glib-1.48-1.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: snapd-glib-1.48-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: snapd-glib-1.48-1.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - Security issues in snapcraft snap-confine set*id binary MISC www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: Security issues in snapcraft snap-confine set*id binary MLIST www.openwall.com Third Party Advisory
cmd/snap-confine: prevent cwd restore permission bypass by zyga · Pull Request #6642 · snapcore/snapd · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
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