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Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-12450: glib file permission vulnerability

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-12450: glib file permission vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/29/2019
Created
06/22/2019
Added
06/21/2019
Modified
04/09/2024

Description

file_copy_fallback in gio/gfile.c in GNOME GLib 2.15.0 through 2.61.1 does not properly restrict file permissions while a copy operation is in progress. Instead, default permissions are used.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-glib

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