Improper Ownership Management Affecting gnome-control-center package, versions <0:3.28.2-19.el8
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-GNOMECONTROLCENTER-2035534
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 29 May 2019
Introduced: 29 May 2019
CVE-2019-12449 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:8 gnome-control-center to version 0:3.28.2-19.el8 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnome-control-center package and not the gnome-control-center package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12449
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FP6BFQUPQRVRRFIYHFWWB6RHJNEB4LGQ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M2DQVOL5H5BVLXYCEB763DCIYJQ7ZUQ2/
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs/commit/409619412e11be146a31b9a99ed965925f1aabb8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/09/3
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1766
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00009.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4053-1/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FP6BFQUPQRVRRFIYHFWWB6RHJNEB4LGQ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M2DQVOL5H5BVLXYCEB763DCIYJQ7ZUQ2/