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CVE-2024-29068

snapd non-regular file indefinite blocking read

CVSS 5.8 MEDIUMEPSS 0.2%CWE-20
Vexday Risk Score
13Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 5.8EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC Nuclei Metasploit Patch
Lifecycle
25 Jul 2024Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
In snapd versions prior to 2.62, snapd failed to properly check the file type when extracting a snap. The snap format is a squashfs file-system image and so can contain files that are non-regular files (such as pipes or sockets etc). Various file entries within the snap squashfs image (such as icons etc) are directly read by snapd when it is extracted. An attacker who could convince a user to install a malicious snap which contained non-regular files at these paths could then cause snapd to block indefinitely trying to read from such files and cause a denial of service.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Affected products
Canonical · snapd

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