DEBIAN-CVE-2024-29069

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-29069
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-29069.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-29069
Upstream
Published
2024-07-25T20:15:04Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:03:47Z
Summary
[none]
Details

In snapd versions prior to 2.62, snapd failed to properly check the destination of symbolic links when extracting a snap. The snap format is a squashfs file-system image and so can contain symbolic links and other file types. Various file entries within the snap squashfs image (such as icons and desktop files etc) are directly read by snapd when it is extracted. An attacker who could convince a user to install a malicious snap which contained symbolic links at these paths could then cause snapd to write out the contents of the symbolic link destination into a world-readable directory. This in-turn could allow an unprivileged user to gain access to privileged information.

References

Affected packages

Debian:13 / snapd

Package

Name
snapd
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/snapd?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.62-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / snapd

Package

Name
snapd
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/snapd?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.62-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}