First published: Thu Oct 30 2014(Updated: )
In Ubuntu's trust-store, if a user revokes location access from an application, the location is still available to the application because the application will honour incorrect, cached permissions. This is because the cache was not ordered by creation time by the Select struct in src/core/trust/impl/sqlite3/store.cpp. Fixed in trust-store (Ubuntu) version 1.1.0+15.04.20150123-0ubuntu1 and trust-store (Ubuntu RTM) version 1.1.0+15.04.20150123~rtm-0ubuntu1.
Credit: security@ubuntu.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Canonical Trust-store (ubuntu) | <1.1.0 | |
Canonical Trust-store (ubuntu Rtm) | <1.1.0 |
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CVE-2014-1422 is categorized as a medium severity vulnerability due to its impact on user privacy and location access.
CVE-2014-1422 allows applications to access cached location data even after permission is revoked by the user.
CVE-2014-1422 affects Canonical Trust-store in Ubuntu versions up to 1.1.0.
To fix CVE-2014-1422, upgrade the Canonical Trust-store to a version higher than 1.1.0.
CVE-2014-1422 stems from how the trust-store caches permissions, which does not prioritize revocation correctly.