NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.02 : flatpak Vulnerability (NS-SA-2021-0132)

high Nessus Plugin ID 154592

Synopsis

The remote NewStart CGSL host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 6.02, has flatpak packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

- Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux. In Flatpack since version 0.9.4 and before version 1.10.2 has a vulnerability in the file forwarding feature which can be used by an attacker to gain access to files that would not ordinarily be allowed by the app's permissions. By putting the special tokens `@@` and/or `@@u` in the Exec field of a Flatpak app's .desktop file, a malicious app publisher can trick flatpak into behaving as though the user had chosen to open a target file with their Flatpak app, which automatically makes that file available to the Flatpak app. This is fixed in version 1.10.2. A minimal solution is the first commit `Disallow @@ and @@U usage in desktop files`. The follow-up commits `dir: Reserve the whole @@ prefix` and `dir: Refuse to export .desktop files with suspicious uses of @@ tokens` are recommended, but not strictly required. As a workaround, avoid installing Flatpak apps from untrusted sources, or check the contents of the exported `.desktop` files in `exports/share/applications/*.desktop` (typically `~/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share/applications/*.desktop` and `/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/applications/*.desktop`) to make sure that literal filenames do not follow `@@` or `@@u`. (CVE-2021-21381)

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

Solution

Upgrade the vulnerable CGSL flatpak packages. Note that updated packages may not be available yet. Please contact ZTE for more information.

See Also

http://security.gd-linux.com/notice/NS-SA-2021-0132

http://security.gd-linux.com/info/CVE-2021-21381

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 154592

File Name: newstart_cgsl_NS-SA-2021-0132_flatpak.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 10/28/2021

Updated: 10/28/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-21381

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:flatpak, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:flatpak-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:flatpak-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:flatpak-devel, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:flatpak-libs, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:flatpak-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:flatpak-selinux, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:flatpak-session-helper, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:flatpak-session-helper-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:flatpak-tests, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:flatpak-tests-debuginfo, cpe:/o:zte:cgsl_main:6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/10/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-21381