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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2024-1724): snapd vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2024-1724): snapd vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/25/2024
Created
08/03/2024
Added
08/02/2024
Modified
08/02/2024

Description

In snapd versions prior to 2.62, when using AppArmor for enforcement of sandbox permissions, snapd failed to restrict writes to the $HOME/bin path. In Ubuntu, when this path exists, it is automatically added to the users PATH. An attacker who could convince a user to install a malicious snap which used the 'home' plug could use this vulnerability to install arbitrary scripts into the users PATH which may then be run by the user outside of the expected snap sandbox and hence allow them to escape confinement.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-snapd

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