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openSUSE Security Update : flatpak (openSUSE-2018-139)

high Nessus Plugin ID 106663

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for flatpak to version 0.8.9 fixes security issues and bugs.

The following vulnerabilities were fixed :

 - CVE-2018-6560: sandbox escape in the flatpak dbus proxy (boo#1078923)

 - CVE-2017-9780: Malicious apps could have included inappropriate permissions (boo#1078989)

 - old-style eavesdropping in the dbus proxy (boo#1078993)

This update also includes all upstream improvements and fixes in this stable release series.

Solution

Update the affected flatpak packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1078923

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1078989

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1078993

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 106663

File Name: openSUSE-2018-139.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/8/2018

Updated: 10/30/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9780

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-6560

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:flatpak-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libflatpak0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:flatpak, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:flatpak-builder, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:flatpak-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:flatpak-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libflatpak0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:flatpak-builder-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:typelib-1_0-flatpak-1_0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/7/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9780, CVE-2018-6560