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CVE-2024-5138

Publication date 24 May 2024

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

The snapctl component within snapd allows a confined snap to interact with the snapd daemon to take certain privileged actions on behalf of the snap. It was found that snapctl did not properly parse command-line arguments, allowing an unprivileged user to trigger an authorised action on behalf of the snap that would normally require administrator privileges to perform. This could possibly allow an unprivileged user to perform a denial of service or similar.

Why is this CVE low priority?

Impact is only a local denial of service against individual snaps.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
snapd 24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
23.10 mantic Ignored
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable
18.04 LTS bionic
Vulnerable
16.04 LTS xenial
Vulnerable

Patch details

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Package Patch details
snapd