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Critical USN-6125-1 1 CVE

snapd vulnerability

Published May 31, 2023 · Updated Jun 25, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that the snap sandbox did not restrict the use of the
ioctl system call with a TIOCLINUX request. This could be exploited by a
malicious snap to inject commands into the controlling terminal which would
then be executed outside of the snap sandbox once the snap had exited. This
could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands outside of the
confined snap sandbox. Note: graphical terminal emulators like xterm,
gnome-terminal and others are not affected - this can only be exploited
when snaps are run on a virtual console.

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS snapd 2.58+18.04.1
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS snapd 2.58+20.04.1
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS snapd 2.58+22.04.1
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS snapd 2.54.3+16.04.0ubuntu0.1~esm6

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-1523