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PYSEC-2020-109

Quick fix

PYSEC-2020-109 — snapcraft: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'snapcraft>=2.43.1'

Details

In some conditions, a snap package built by snapcraft includes the current directory in LD_LIBRARY_PATH, allowing a malicious snap to gain code execution within the context of another snap if both plug the home interface or similar. This issue affects snapcraft versions prior to 4.4.4, prior to 2.43.1+16.04.1, and prior to 2.43.1+18.04.1.

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Affected packages

PyPI/snapcraft
Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 2.43.1
Fixpip install --upgrade 'snapcraft>=2.43.1'

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