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.

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

high Nessus Plugin ID 154592

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