Snapd

Pierluigi Paganini February 13, 2019
Ubuntu snapd flaw allows getting root access to the system.

Expert discovered a privilege escalation vulnerability in default installations of Ubuntu Linux that resides in the snapd API. Security researcher Chris Moberly discovered a vulnerability in the REST API for Canonical’s snapd daemon that could allow attackers to gain root access on Linux machines. Canonical, the makers of Ubuntu Linux, promotes their “Snap” packages to roll all […]