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SCA: security update for github.com/snapcore/snapd (GHSA-64jh-cjwc-w8q6)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 411180

Description

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

 - In snapd versions prior to 2.62, snapd failed to properly check the file type when extracting a snap. The
 snap format is a squashfs file-system image and so can contain files that are non-regular files (such as
 pipes or sockets etc). Various file entries within the snap squashfs image (such as icons etc) are
 directly read by snapd when it is extracted. An attacker who could convince a user to install a malicious
 snap which contained non-regular files at these paths could then cause snapd to block indefinitely trying
 to read from such files and cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-29068)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-64jh-cjwc-w8q6

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 411180

Version: Revision 1.10

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.23

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-29068

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Threat Score: 2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/25/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/25/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-29068

cwe: CWE-20