It was discovered that snapctl user-open allowed altering the $XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variable when calling the system xdg-open. OpenURL() in usersession/userd/launcher.go would alter $XDG_DATA_DIRS to append a path to a directory controlled by the calling snap. A malicious snap could exploit this to bypass intended access restrictions to control how the host system xdg-open script opens the URL and, for example, execute a script shipped with the snap without confinement. This issue did not affect Ubuntu Core systems. Fixed in snapd versions 2.45.1ubuntu0.2, 2.45.1+18.04.2 and 2.45.1+20.04.2.
References
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https://ubuntu.com/USN-4424-1 | Vendor Advisory |
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1880085 | Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
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Information
Published : 2020-07-29 10:15
Updated : 2020-08-05 11:46
NVD link : CVE-2020-11934
Mitre link : CVE-2020-11934
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CWE
CWE-668
Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere
Products Affected
canonical
- ubuntu_linux