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TI-2019-09292 Aliases CVE-2019-12449GHSA-cvf3-3jj2-mv9f

An issue was discovered in GNOME gvfs 1.29.4 through 1.41.2.

Priority LOW 29CWE-755Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 3 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

An issue was discovered in GNOME gvfs 1.29.4 through 1.41.2. daemon/gvfsbackendadmin.c mishandles a file's user and group ownership during move (and copy with G_FILE_COPY_ALL_METADATA) operations from admin:// to file:// URIs, because root privileges are unavailable.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01815 78th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 3 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 9

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gvfs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.29.4 – 1.41.2VulnerableGNOME
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*16.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*18.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*18.10VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*19.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*29VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*30VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*15.0VulnerableopenSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*15.1VulnerableopenSUSE
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gvfs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.29.4 – 1.41.2 Vulnerable ·GNOME
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 16.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 18.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 18.10 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 19.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 29 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 30 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.0 Vulnerable ·openSUSE
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.1 Vulnerable ·openSUSE

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2020:1766 Released 2020-04-28 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    GNOME security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) LibRaw-0.19.5-1.el8, LibRaw-devel-0.19.5-1.el8, accountsservice-devel-0.6.50-8.el8 +14
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) LibRaw-0.19.5-1.el8, accountsservice-0.6.50-8.el8, accountsservice-libs-0.6.50-8.el8 +47
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) gsettings-desktop-schemas-3.32.0-4.el8, libxslt-1.1.32-4.el8, mozjs52-52.9.0-2.el8 +1

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2020:1766
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2020:1766
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2020:1766
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-12449
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cvf3-3jj2-mv9f

References

Patch 1

Advisory 6

Sources

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