SB2019043002 - Information disclosure in snapd



SB2019043002 - Information disclosure in snapd

Published: April 30, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019043002
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11502)

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive  information.

The vulnerability exists due to an error in snap-confine when setting owneship permissions of a snap application to the uid and gid of the first calling user. A local user can gain unauthorized access to files in private /tmp directory.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.