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Debian: CVE-2017-14178: snapd -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-14178: snapd -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
02/02/2018
Created
07/31/2024
Added
07/30/2024
Modified
07/30/2024

Description

In snapd 2.27 through 2.29.2 the 'snap logs' command could be made to call journalctl without match arguments and therefore allow unprivileged, unauthenticated users to bypass systemd-journald's access restrictions.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-snapd

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