CVE-2019-12449

gvfs: mishandling of file's user and group ownership in daemon/gvfsbackendadmin.c due to unavailability of root privileges

Published May 29, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 5.7 Medium EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in GNOME gvfs 1.29.4 through 1.41.2. daemon/gvfsbackendadmin.c mishandles a file's user and group ownership during move (and copy with G_FILE_COPY_ALL_METADATA) operations from admin:// to file:// URIs, because root privileges are unavailable.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-4058 An issue was discovered in GNOME gvfs 1.29.4 through 1.41.2. daemon/gvfsbackendadmin.c mishandles a file's user and group ownership during move (and copy with G_FILE_COPY_ALL_METADATA) operations from admin:// to file:// URIs, because root privileges are unavailable.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4053-1 GVfs vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00844}

epss

{'score': 0.00515}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 11:17 PM
Reserved
May 29, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 29, 2019, 5:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:14 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
May 29, 2019, 12:00 AM