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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.2 High

CVE-2021-4120

snapd could be made to bypass intended access restrictions through snap content interfaces and layout paths

Description

snapd 2.54.2 fails to perform sufficient validation of snap content interface and layout paths, resulting in the ability for snaps to inject arbitrary AppArmor policy rules via malformed content interface and layout declarations and hence escape strict snap confinement. Fixed in snapd versions 2.54.3+18.04, 2.54.3+20.04 and 2.54.3+21.10.1

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Canonical Ltd. snapd

  • unspecified to ≤ 2.54.2affected

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