Race Condition Affecting gvfs package, versions <1.36.1-0ubuntu1.3.3
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- published29 May 2019
- disclosed29 May 2019
Introduced: 29 May 2019
CVE-2019-12448 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 gvfs to version 1.36.1-0ubuntu1.3.3 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gvfs package and not the gvfs package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 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.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-12448
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12448
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-12448
- 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/5cd76d627f4d1982b6e77a0e271ef9301732d09e
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs/commit/764e9af7522e3096c0f44613c330377d31c9bbb5
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00009.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/09/3
- 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/