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Debian DSA-3895-1 : flatpak - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 101012

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that Flatpak, an application deployment framework for desktop apps insufficiently restricted file permissinons in third-party repositories, which could result in privilege escalation.

Solution

Upgrade the flatpak packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.8.5-2+deb9u1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/flatpak

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3895

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 101012

File Name: debian_DSA-3895.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/23/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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:debian:debian_linux:flatpak, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/22/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9780

DSA: 3895