CVE-2019-12449

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-12449
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-05-29 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:03:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in GNOME gvfs 1.29.4 through 1.41.2. daemon/gvfsbackendadmin.c mishandles a file's user and group ownership during move (and copy with G_FILE_COPY_ALL_METADATA) operations from admin:// to file:// URIs, because root privileges are unavailable.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-755

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.04 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 29 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 30 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 29 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 30 All All All
Application Gnome Gvfs All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: gvfs-1.40.2-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
USN-4053-1: GVfs vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: gvfs-1.38.3-1.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: gvfs-1.38.3-1.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1697-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
admin: Ensure correct ownership when moving to file:// uri (40961941) · Commits · GNOME / gvfs · GitLab MISC gitlab.gnome.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Privileged File Access from Desktop Applications MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1699-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: gvfs-1.40.2-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 377567 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for gnome (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0108)
  • 500994 Alpine Linux Security Update for gvfs
  • 940175 AlmaLinux Security Update for GNOME (ALSA-2020:1766)
  • 960387 Rocky Linux Security Update for GNOME (RLSA-2020:1766)
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