Flatpak before 1.0.7, and 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.3, exposes /proc in the apply_extra script sandbox, which allows attackers to modify a host-side executable file.

According to the version of the flatpak packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - Flatpak before 1.0.7, and 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.3,     exposes /proc in the apply_extra script sandbox, which     allows attackers to modify a host-side executable     file.(CVE-2019-8308)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for flatpak fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

  - CVE-2019-8308: Fixed a potential sandbox escape via     /proc (bsc#1125431).

  - CVE-2019-11460: Fixed a compromised thumbnailer may     escape the bubblewrap sandbox used to confine     thumbnailers by using the TIOCSTI ioctl (bsc#1133043).

  - CVE-2019-11461: Fixed a compromised thumbnailer may     escape the bubblewrap sandbox used to confine     thumbnailers by using the TIOCSTI ioctl (bsc#1133041).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

This update for flatpak fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2019-8308: Fixed a potential sandbox escape via /proc (bsc#1125431).

CVE-2019-11460: Fixed a compromised thumbnailer may escape the bubblewrap sandbox used to confine thumbnailers by using the TIOCSTI ioctl (bsc#1133043).

CVE-2019-11461: Fixed a compromised thumbnailer may escape the bubblewrap sandbox used to confine thumbnailers by using the TIOCSTI ioctl (bsc#1133041).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04, has flatpak packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

  - Flatpak before 1.0.7, and 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.3,     exposes /proc in the apply_extra script sandbox, which     allows attackers to modify a host-side executable file.
    (CVE-2019-8308)

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

Earlier versions of flatpak exposes /proc in the apply_extra script sandbox, which allows attackers to modify a host-side executable file.(CVE-2019-8308)

Update to 1.0.7

Fixes related to CVE-2019-5736.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

An update for flatpak is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux.

Security Fix(es) :

* flatpak: potential /proc based sandbox escape (CVE-2019-8308)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Note that Tenable Network Security has attempted to extract the preceding description block directly from the corresponding Red Hat security advisory. Virtuozzo provides no description for VZLSA advisories. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Security Fix(es) :

  - flatpak: potential /proc based sandbox escape     (CVE-2019-8308)

An update for flatpak is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux.

Security Fix(es) :

* flatpak: potential /proc based sandbox escape (CVE-2019-8308)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2019:0375 advisory.

    Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux.

    Security Fix(es):

    * flatpak: potential /proc based sandbox escape (CVE-2019-8308)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2019-0375 advisory.

    [1.0.2-4]
    - Tweak /proc sandbox patch (#1675433)

    [1.0.2-3]
    - Do not mount /proc in root sandbox (#1675433)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
139949	EulerOS 2.0 SP8 : flatpak (EulerOS-SA-2020-1846)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
128454	openSUSE Security Update : flatpak (openSUSE-2019-2038)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
128048	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : flatpak (SUSE-SU-2019:2185-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
127246	NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : flatpak Vulnerability (NS-SA-2019-0056)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	high
123608	EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : flatpak (EulerOS-SA-2019-1134)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
123467	Amazon Linux 2 : flatpak (ALAS-2019-1183)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
122523	Fedora 28 : flatpak (2019-a5f616808e)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
122400	Virtuozzo 7 : flatpak / flatpak-builder / flatpak-devel / etc (VZLSA-2019-0375)	Nessus	Virtuozzo Local Security Checks	high
122391	Scientific Linux Security Update : flatpak on SL7.x x86_64 (20190221)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	high
122353	CentOS 7 : flatpak (CESA-2019:0375)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
122337	RHEL 7 : flatpak (RHSA-2019:0375)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
122328	Oracle Linux 7 : flatpak (ELSA-2019-0375)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high

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