Race condition in snap-confine's must_mkdir_and_open_with_perms()

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - Race condition in snap-confine's must_mkdir_and_open_with_perms() (CVE-2022-3328)

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3215 advisory.

    - -----------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3215-1              debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                      Utkarsh Gupta     December 02, 2022                           https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
    - -----------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : snapd     Version        : 2.37.4-1+deb10u2     CVE ID         : CVE-2022-3328

    The Qualys Research Team discovered a race condition in the snapd-confine     binary which could result in local privilege escalation.

    For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version     2.37.4-1+deb10u2.

    We recommend that you upgrade your snapd packages.

    For the detailed security status of snapd please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/snapd

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5292 advisory.

    The Qualys Research Team discovered a race condition in the snapd-confine binary which could result in     local privilege escalation. For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version     2.49-1+deb11u2. We recommend that you upgrade your snapd packages. For the detailed security status of     snapd please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/snapd

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5753-1 advisory.

    The Qualys Research Team discovered that a race condition existed in the snapd snap-confine binary when     preparing the private /tmp mount for a snap. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate     privileges and execute arbitrary code.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
413950	SCA: security update for github.com/snapcore/snapd (GHSA-cjqf-877p-7m3f)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	critical
413950	SCA: security update for github.com/snapcore/snapd (GHSA-cjqf-877p-7m3f)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	critical
168380	Debian dla-3215 : golang-github-snapcore-snapd-dev - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
168338	Debian DSA-5292-1 : snapd - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
168316	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : snapd vulnerability (USN-5753-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high

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CVE-2022-3328

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