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DEBIAN-CVE-2019-11503

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...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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."

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 snapd

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.40-1"}]}]

Debian:13 snapd

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.40-1"}]}]

Debian:14 snapd

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.40-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org