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Authentication Bypass Affecting github.com/snapcore/snapd/daemon package, versions >=2.27 <2.29.3

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.2% (58th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMSNAPCORESNAPDDAEMON-50060
  • published 14 Feb 2018
  • disclosed 2 Aug 2017
  • credit John Lenton
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Introduced: 2 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-14178 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-288 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/snapcore/snapd/daemon to version 2.9.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of github.com/snapcore/snapd/daemon are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass. The snap logs command could be made to call journalctl without match arguments and therefore allow unprivileged, unauthenticated users to bypass systemd-journald's access restrictions.