snap-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."
References
Link | Resource |
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https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/18/4 | Mailing List Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/pull/6642 | Third Party Advisory |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/25/7 | Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VPU6APEZHAA7N2AI57OT4J2P7NKHFOLM/ | |
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6VACEKVQ7UAZ32WO4ZKCFW6YOBSYJ76L/ |
Configurations
Information
Published : 2019-04-24 14:29
Updated : 2019-07-12 20:15
NVD link : CVE-2019-11503
Mitre link : CVE-2019-11503
JSON object : View
CWE
CWE-59
Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Products Affected
canonical
- snapd