Insecure Defaults Affecting github.com/snapcore/snapd/usersession/autostart package, versions <2.54.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMSNAPCORESNAPDUSERSESSIONAUTOSTART-2406144
  • published18 Feb 2022
  • disclosed18 Feb 2022
  • creditJames Troup

Introduced: 18 Feb 2022

CVE-2021-3155  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-453  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/snapcore/snapd/usersession/autostart to version 2.54.3 or higher.

Overview

github.com/snapcore/snapd/usersession/autostart is an app packages for desktop, cloud and IoT that update automatically, are easy to install, secure, cross-platform and dependency-free. They're being used on millions of Linux systems every day.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insecure Defaults snapd creates ~/snap directories in user home directories without specifying owner-only permissions. This could allow a local attacker to read information that should have been private.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1