Race Condition Affecting accountsservice-devel package, versions <0:0.6.50-8.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.76% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-ACCOUNTSSERVICEDEVEL-5634812
  • published28 May 2023
  • disclosed28 Apr 2020

Introduced: 28 Apr 2020

CVE-2019-12448  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 accountsservice-devel to version 0:0.6.50-8.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2020:1766.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream accountsservice-devel package and not the accountsservice-devel package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in GNOME gvfs 1.29.4 through 1.41.2. daemon/gvfsbackendadmin.c has race conditions because the admin backend doesn't implement query_info_on_read/write.