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CentOS 8 : flatpak (CESA-2021:4042)

high Nessus Plugin ID 154872

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2021:4042 advisory.

 - flatpak: Sandbox bypass via recent VFS-manipulating syscalls (CVE-2021-41133)

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 packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4042

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 154872

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2021-4042.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/3/2021

Updated: 11/3/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-41133

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:flatpak, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:flatpak-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:flatpak-selinux, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:flatpak-session-helper

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/1/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-41133

RHSA: 2021:4042