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Ubuntu: USN-6125-1 (CVE-2023-1523): snapd vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-6125-1 (CVE-2023-1523): snapd vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/31/2023
Created
06/01/2023
Added
06/01/2023
Modified
11/15/2024

Description

Using the TIOCLINUX ioctl request, a malicious snap could inject contents into the input of the controlling terminal which could allow it to cause arbitrary commands to be executed outside of the snap sandbox after the snap exits. Graphical terminal emulators like xterm, gnome-terminal and others are not affected - this can only be exploited when snaps are run on a virtual console.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-snapd

References

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