CVE-2019-12449 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Reference

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://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs/commit/409619412e11be146a31b9a99ed965925f1aabb8 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://usn.ubuntu.com/4053-1/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

5.7