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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-3155): snapd vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-3155): snapd vulnerabilities

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
02/17/2022
Created
03/25/2022
Added
02/18/2022
Modified
11/15/2024

Description

snapd 2.54.2 and earlier created ~/snap directories in user home directories without specifying owner-only permissions. This could allow a local attacker to read information that should have been private. Fixed in snapd versions 2.54.3+18.04, 2.54.3+20.04 and 2.54.3+21.10.1

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-snap-confine
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-snapd

References

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