ubuntu-cve-2022-25643
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2022-02-24 15:15
Modified
2025-09-08 16:50
Summary
Details

seatd-launch in seatd 0.6.x before 0.6.4 allows removing files with escalated privileges when installed setuid root. The attack vector is a user-supplied socket pathname.

Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libseat-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.4-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libseat1",
            "binary_version": "0.6.4-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "seatd",
            "binary_version": "0.6.4-1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
        "name": "seatd",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/seatd@0.6.4-1?arch=source\u0026distro=jammy"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.5.0-4",
        "0.6.3-1",
        "0.6.3-2",
        "0.6.4-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "seatd-launch in seatd 0.6.x before 0.6.4 allows removing files with escalated privileges when installed setuid root. The attack vector is a user-supplied socket pathname.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2022-25643",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T16:50:05Z",
  "published": "2022-02-24T15:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-25643"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://lists.sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/seatd-announce/%3CETEO7R.QG8B1KGD531R1%40kl.wtf%3E"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/kennylevinsen/seatd/compare/0.6.3...0.6.4"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/kennylevinsen/seatd/tags"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-25643"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2022-25643"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2026-02-10T04:57:59Z"
}



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