CentOS 7 : flatpak (CESA-2021:4044)

high Nessus Plugin ID 155550

Synopsis

The remote CentOS Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2021:4044 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

http://www.nessus.org/u?a43e232e

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 155550

File Name: centos_RHSA-2021-4044.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/17/2021

Updated: 11/17/2021

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: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:flatpak, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:flatpak-builder, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:flatpak-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:flatpak-libs, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7

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: 11/17/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-41133

CWE: 20

RHSA: 2021:4044