CVE-2019-13014 Little Snitch versions 4.4.0 fixes a vulnerability in a privileged helper tool.

What is CVE-2019-13014?

CVE-2019-13014 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Little Snitch, published on 23 Aug 2019.

Official description

Little Snitch versions 4.4.0 fixes a vulnerability in a privileged helper tool. However, the operating system may have made a copy of the privileged helper which is not removed or updated immediately. Computers may therefore still be vulnerable after upgrading to 4.4.0. Version 4.4.1 fixes this issue by removing the operating system's copy during the upgrade.

Weakness: CWE-459, CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-13014?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Obdev Little Snitch.

How do I fix CVE-2019-13014?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-13014 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-13014 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-13014 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Little Snitch

• CVE-2020-13095 Privilege escalation in Little Snitch High 8.8
• CVE-2016-8661 Memory corruption in Little Snitch version 3.0 through 3.6.1 High 8.4
• CVE-2017-2675 Privilege escalation in Little Snitch High 7.8
• CVE-2019-13013 Privilege escalation in Little Snitch Medium 5.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-6v3c-8pw3-vqqp.