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CVE-2019-12795 json

daemon/gvfsdaemon.c in gvfsd from GNOME gvfs before 1.38.3, 1.40.x before 1.40.2, and 1.41.x before 1.41.3 opened a private D-Bus server so…

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-4378

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 33%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

daemon/gvfsdaemon.c in gvfsd from GNOME gvfs before 1.38.3, 1.40.x before 1.40.2, and 1.41.x before 1.41.3 opened a private D-Bus server socket without configuring an authorization rule. A local attacker could connect to this server socket and issue D-Bus method calls. (Note that the server socket only accepts a single connection, so the attacker would have to discover the server and connect to the socket before its owner does.)

Patch / fix

  • gnome gvfs 1.38.3, 1.40.2, 1.41.3
  • gvfs Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.38.1-5

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12795

  • gvfs Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.28.2-1ubuntu1~16.04.3
  • gvfs Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1.36.1-0ubuntu1.3.3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12795

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 1:3.28.3-22.el8
  • gjs RHEL 8 1.56.2-3.el8
  • SDL RHEL 8 1.2.15-35.el8
  • gtk3 RHEL 8 3.22.30-4.el8
  • gvfs RHEL 8 1.36.2-6.el8
  • pango RHEL 8 1.42.4-6.el8
  • baobab RHEL 8 3.28.0-2.el8
  • evince RHEL 8 3.28.4-3.el8

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:3553

  • gvfs SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 1.28.3-18.6.1
  • 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-2024:2681-1SUSE-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

  • pidgin AlmaLinux 8 2.13.0-5.el8
  • libpurple AlmaLinux 8 2.13.0-5.el8
  • gdk-pixbuf2 AlmaLinux 8 2.36.12-5.el8
  • gnome-desktop3 AlmaLinux 8 3.32.2-1.el8
  • gdk-pixbuf2-xlib AlmaLinux 8 2.36.12-5.el8
  • gdk-pixbuf2-modules AlmaLinux 8 2.36.12-5.el8

almalinux advisories ALSA-2019:3553

  • pango Rocky Linux 8 1.42.4-6.el8
  • pidgin Rocky Linux 8 2.13.0-5.el8
  • gdk-pixbuf2 Rocky Linux 8 2.36.12-5.el8
  • gnome-desktop3 Rocky Linux 8 3.32.2-1.el8

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2019:3553

  • 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-2019-12795

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • 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-2019-12795 updated cvss 4.5

gvfs: improper authorization in daemon/gvfsdaemon.c in gvfsd

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gvfs, gvfs-afc, gvfs-smb, gvfs-fuse, gvfs-archive, gvfs-gphoto2, +1 more
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 gvfs, gvfs-afc, gvfs-afp, gvfs-goa, gvfs-mtp, gvfs-smb, +5 more
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) gvfs 1.36.2-6.el8, nautilus 3.28.1-10.el8, gdk-pixbuf2-xlib 2.36.12-5.el8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) gjs 1.56.2-3.el8, gdm 3.28.3-22.el8, gvfs 1.36.2-6.el8, SDL 1.2.15-35.el8, gtk3 3.22.30-4.el8, pango 1.42.4-6.el8, +82 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) mozjs60 60.9.0-3.el8, gdk-pixbuf2 2.36.12-5.el8, gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.32.0-3.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:3553

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Exploit prediction

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions

References

Sources

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