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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Flatpak vulnerability (USN-4721-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 146208

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4721-1 advisory.

 Simon McVittie discovered that flatpak-portal service allowed sandboxed applications to execute arbitrary code on the host system (a sandbox escape). A malicious user could create a Flatpak application that set environment variables, trusted by the Flatpak run command, and use it to execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox.

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

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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4721-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 146208

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4721-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/4/2021

Updated: 8/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

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 Score Source: CVE-2021-21261

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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-flatpak-1.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:flatpak-tests, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libflatpak0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:flatpak, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libflatpak-dev

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/4/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/14/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-21261

USN: 4721-1