Denial Of Service (DoS)

2024-07-2615:09:21

Veracode Vulnerability Database

sca.analysiscenter.veracode.com

github

vulnerability

file type checking

snapd

denial of service

CVSS3

6.6

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

AI Score

6.7

Confidence

High

JSON

github.com/snapcore/snapd is vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS). The vulnerability is due to improper file type checking when extracting snaps, allowing malicious snaps containing non-regular files to cause snapd to block indefinitely and result in a Denial of Service.