High severity7.5OSV Advisory· Published Apr 24, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-11503
CVE-2019-11503
Description
snap-confine as included in snapd before 2.39 did not guard against symlink races when performing the chdir() to the current working directory of the calling user, aka a "cwd restore permission bypass."
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Affected products
4- Range: <2.39
Patches
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References
5- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/18/4nvdExploitMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/25/7nvdThird Party Advisory
- github.com/snapcore/snapd/pull/6642nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6VACEKVQ7UAZ32WO4ZKCFW6YOBSYJ76L/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VPU6APEZHAA7N2AI57OT4J2P7NKHFOLM/nvd
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