A vulnerability classified as critical was found in GNOME gvfs up to 1.41.2. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the file daemon/gvfsbackendadmin.c of the component Admin Backend. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in GNOME gvfs 1.29.4 through 1.41.2. daemon/gvfsbackendadmin.c has race conditions because the admin backend doesn't implement query_info_on_read/write.

The weakness was shared 05/29/2019 (Website). The advisory is available at lists.fedoraproject.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-12448 since 05/29/2019. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The entries 135693 and 135695 are related to this item.

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• 1.41.0
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