The keyfile settings backend in GNOME GLib (aka glib2.0)...
High severity
Unreviewed
Published
May 24, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Apr 4, 2024
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Jun 28, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 24, 2022
Last updated
Apr 4, 2024
The keyfile settings backend in GNOME GLib (aka glib2.0) before 2.59.1 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.
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