Fedora 32 : flatpak (2021-f807eb480a)

high Nessus Plugin ID 145138

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 32 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2021-f807eb480a advisory.

- This is a security update that fixes a sandbox escape where a malicious application can execute code outside the sandbox by controlling the environment of the flatpak run command when spawning a sub- sandbox. See the advisory for details:
https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-4ppf-fxf6-vxg2 (FEDORA-2021-f807eb480a)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected flatpak package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2021-f807eb480a

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 145138

File Name: fedora_2021-f807eb480a.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/20/2021

Updated: 4/12/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:32, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:flatpak

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/14/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/14/2021

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