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High severity · published Jun 28, 2019
CVE-2019-13012
The keyfile settings backend in GNOME GLib (aka glib2.0) before 2.60.0 creates directories using g_file_make_directory_with_parents (kfsb->dir, NULL, NULL) and files using…
7.5
CVSS
3.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The keyfile settings backend in GNOME GLib (aka glib2.0) before 2.60.0 creates directories using g_file_make_directory_with_parents (kfsb->dir, NULL, NULL) and files using g_file_replace_contents (kfsb->file, contents, length, NULL, FALSE, G_FILE_CREATE_REPLACE_DESTINATION, NULL, NULL, NULL). Consequently, it does not properly restrict directory (and file) permissions. Instead, for directories, 0777 permissions are used; for files, default file permissions are used. This is similar to CVE-2019-12450.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.2% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GL
Glib · Gnome
2.0.0 before 2.59.1 · source: NVD
Affected product
GL
Glib
Gnome
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-13012
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-13012
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00022.html
bugs.debian.org
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=931234#12
Patch
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/commit/5e4da714f00f6bfb2ccd6d73d61329c6f3a08429
Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/issues/1658
Issue Tracking
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/merge_requests/450
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
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