CVE-2019-12449

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    CVE-2019-12449

    Published: 29 May 2019Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FP6BFQUPQRVRRFIYHFWWB6RHJNEB4LGQ/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M2DQVOL5H5BVLXYCEB763DCIYJQ7ZUQ2/, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00008.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00009.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/09/3, https://usn.ubuntu.com/4053-1/, https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs/commit/409619412e11be146a31b9a99ed965925f1aabb8

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 8baec79ab9cb2cb86095b071f3a40f7f6a751ef6
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.41.2
    1.41.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High