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Amazon Linux 2 : flatpak (ALAS-2018-1096)

high Nessus Plugin ID 118403

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

It was found that flatpak's D-Bus proxy did not properly filter the access to D-Bus during the authentication protocol. A specially crafted flatpak application could use this flaw to bypass all restrictions imposed by flatpak and have full access to the D-BUS interface.(CVE-2018-6560)

Solution

Run 'yum update flatpak' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2018-1096.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 118403

File Name: al2_ALAS-2018-1096.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/26/2018

Updated: 2/4/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

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-2018-6560

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:flatpak, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:flatpak-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:flatpak-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:flatpak-devel, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:flatpak-builder

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/24/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/2/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-6560

ALAS: 2018-1096