Oracle Linux 7 : flatpak (ELSA-2018-2766)
Medium Nessus Plugin ID 117767
Synopsis
The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
Description
From Red Hat Security Advisory 2018:2766 :
An update for flatpak is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux.
Security Fix(es) :
* flatpak: sandbox escape in D-Bus filtering by a crafted authentication handshake (CVE-2018-6560)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Solution
Update the affected flatpak packages.