GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go

GHSA-69p6-gp5x-j269 snapd failed to properly check the destination of symbolic links when extracting a snap

LOW Published 2024-07-25 Modified 2024-11-18 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2024-29069
Ecosystem
Go
Packages
github.com/snapcore/snapd
Severity
Low
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weaknesses
CWE-59, CWE-610
Reviewed
2024-07-26

Affected packages

• Go github.com/snapcore/snapd: < 2.62 → fixed in 2.62

Description

In snapd versions prior to 2.62, snapd failed to properly check the destination of symbolic links when extracting a snap. The snap format is a squashfs file-system image and so can contain symbolic links and other file types. Various file entries within the snap squashfs image (such as icons and desktop files etc) are directly read by snapd when it is extracted. An attacker who could convince a user to install a malicious snap which contained symbolic links at these paths could then cause snapd to write out the contents of the symbolic link destination into a world-readable directory. This in-turn could allow an unprivileged user to gain access to privileged information.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2024-29069 In snapd versions prior to 2.62, snapd failed to properly check the destination of symbolic links when extracting a snap. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
  • CWE-610 Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere weakness

References