CVE-2019-12449
5.7
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.60%
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.
How to fix CVE-2019-12449
To remediate CVE-2019-12449, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/gvfs—upgrade to 1.34.1-r1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.38.1-4 or later
Is CVE-2019-12449 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.34.1-r1
- from 0, < 1.38.1-4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |