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

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

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