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CVE-2019-12449

Published: 29 May 2019

An 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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.7

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
gvfs
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (1.36.1-0ubuntu1.3.3)
cosmic
Released (1.38.1-0ubuntu1.3.2)
disco
Released (1.40.1-1ubuntu0.1)
trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
Patches:
upstream: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs/commit/d5dfd823c94045488aef8727c553f1e0f7666b90
upstream: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs/commit/bed1e9685c9f65f6a3ff3b39dd8547db3e7e77f6 (3.30)
upstream: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs/commit/ec939a01c278d1aaa47153f51b5c5f0887738dd9 (3.32)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.7
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N