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CVE-2019-12449 json

An issue was discovered in GNOME gvfs 1.29.4 through 1.41.2.

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-4058

cvss
5.7
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • gvfs Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.38.1-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12449

  • gvfs Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1.36.1-0ubuntu1.3.3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12449

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • gdm RHEL 8 1:3.28.3-29.el8
  • gjs RHEL 8 1.56.2-4.el8
  • gtk3 RHEL 8 3.22.30-5.el8
  • gvfs RHEL 8 1.36.2-8.el8
  • vala RHEL 8 0.40.19-1.el8
  • baobab RHEL 8 3.28.0-4.el8
  • evince RHEL 8 3.28.4-4.el8
  • LibRaw RHEL 8 0.19.5-1.el8

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:1766

  • gvfs SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 1.34.2.1-4.13.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:1717-1

  • gvfs openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.48.1-1.3
  • gvfs openSUSE Leap 15.0 1.34.2.1-lp150.3.10.1
  • gvfs openSUSE Leap 15.1 1.34.2.1-lp151.6.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10838-1openSUSE-SU-2019:1699-1openSUSE-SU-2019:1697-1

  • vala AlmaLinux 8 0.40.19-1.el8
  • baobab AlmaLinux 8 3.28.0-4.el8
  • clutter AlmaLinux 8 1.26.2-8.el8
  • mozjs52 AlmaLinux 8 52.9.0-2.el8.alma
  • mozjs52 AlmaLinux 8 52.9.0-2.el8
  • mozjs60 AlmaLinux 8 60.9.0-4.el8.alma
  • mozjs60 AlmaLinux 8 60.9.0-4.el8
  • gnome-menus AlmaLinux 8 3.13.3-11.el8

almalinux advisories ALSA-2020:1766

  • baobab Rocky Linux 8 3.28.0-4.el8
  • clutter Rocky Linux 8 1.26.2-8.el8
  • mozjs52 Rocky Linux 8 52.9.0-2.el8
  • mozjs60 Rocky Linux 8 60.9.0-4.el8
  • gnome-menus Rocky Linux 8 3.13.3-11.el8
  • gnome-tweaks Rocky Linux 8 3.28.1-7.el8

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2020:1766

  • gvfs Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +12 more 1.40.2-r0
  • gvfs Alpine 3.7 1.34.1-r1
  • gvfs Alpine 3.8 1.36.1-r1
  • gvfs Alpine 3.9 1.36.2-r1

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2019-12449

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  • gvfs Arch Linux 1.40.2-1

arch linux advisories AVG-1007

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-12449 updated cvss 4.8

gvfs: mishandling of file's user and group ownership in daemon/gvfsbackendadmin.c due to unavailability of root privileges

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 gvfs, gvfs-afc, gvfs-afp, gvfs-goa, gvfs-mtp, gvfs-smb, +5 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) gvfs 1.36.2-8.el8, vala 0.40.19-1.el8, LibRaw 0.19.5-1.el8, nautilus 3.28.1-12.el8, libvncserver 0.9.11-14.el8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) gjs 1.56.2-4.el8, gdm 3.28.3-29.el8, gvfs 1.36.2-8.el8, gtk3 3.22.30-5.el8, baobab 3.28.0-4.el8, evince 3.28.4-4.el8, +41 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) libxslt 1.1.32-4.el8, mozjs52 52.9.0-2.el8, mozjs60 60.9.0-4.el8, gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.32.0-4.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:1766
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gvfs, gvfs-afc, gvfs-smb, gvfs-fuse, gvfs-archive, gvfs-gphoto2, +1 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

1.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-755 Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

References

Sources

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