CVE-2019-13012

HIGH

Gnome Glib < 2.59.1 - Incorrect Permission Assignment

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

The keyfile settings backend in GNOME GLib (aka glib2.0) before 2.60.0 creates directories using g_file_make_directory_with_parents (kfsb->dir, NULL, NULL) and files using g_file_replace_contents (kfsb->file, contents, length, NULL, FALSE, G_FILE_CREATE_REPLACE_DESTINATION, NULL, NULL, NULL). Consequently, it does not properly restrict directory (and file) permissions. Instead, for directories, 0777 permissions are used; for files, default file permissions are used. This is similar to CVE-2019-12450.

References (12)

Core 12
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/issues/1658
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/merge_requests/450
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4049-1/
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4049-2/
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00029.html
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00004.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190806-0003/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0083
EPSS Percentile 74.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-732
Status published
Products (1)
gnome/glib 2.0.0 - 2.59.1
Published Jun 28, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026