DSA-5080-1 snapd -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-5080-1 snapd -- security update

Date Reported:

18 Feb 2022

Affected Packages:

snapd

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2021-44730, CVE-2021-44731.

More information:

Multiple vulnerabilties were discovered in snapd, a daemon and tooling that enable Snap packages, which could result in bypass of access restrictions or privilege escalation.

For the oldstable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 2.37.4-1+deb10u1.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 2.49-1+deb11u1.

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