Race Condition Affecting glib package, versions <2.60.4-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    1.52% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE313-GLIB-1067322
  • published 29 May 2019
  • disclosed 29 May 2019

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.13 glib to version 2.60.4-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glib package and not the glib package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.13 relevant fixed versions and status.

file_copy_fallback in gio/gfile.c in GNOME GLib 2.15.0 through 2.61.1 does not properly restrict file permissions while a copy operation is in progress. Instead, default permissions are used.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

9.8 critical
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High