CVE-2019-12449

Publication date 29 May 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.7 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
gvfs 19.04 disco
Fixed 1.40.1-1ubuntu0.1
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 1.38.1-0ubuntu1.3.2
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1.36.1-0ubuntu1.3.3
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
gvfs

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.7 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

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