CVE-2019-12439

Summary

CVECVE-2019-12439
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-05-29 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-06-15 18:15:00 UTC
Descriptionbubblewrap.c in Bubblewrap before 0.3.3 misuses temporary directories in /tmp as a mount point. In some particular configurations (related to XDG_RUNTIME_DIR), a local attacker may abuse this flaw to prevent other users from executing bubblewrap or potentially execute code.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Projectatomic Bubblewrap All All All All
Application Projectatomic Bubblewrap All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Release 0.3.3 · containers/bubblewrap · GitHub MISC github.com Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
Bubblewrap: Arbitrary code execution (GLSA 202006-18) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Don't create our own temporary mount point for pivot_root · containers/bubblewrap@efc89e3 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
potentially insecure use of /tmp · Issue #304 · containers/bubblewrap · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1535-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1721-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
1695963 – (CVE-2019-12439) CVE-2019-12439 bubblewrap: temporary directory misuse as mount point MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 900094 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for bubblewrap 0.3.0
  • 902856 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for bubblewrap (1815)
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