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CentOS 8 : flatpak (CESA-2021:1068)

high Nessus Plugin ID 148420

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2021:1068 advisory.

 - flatpak: file forwarding feature can be used to gain unprivileged access to files (CVE-2021-21381)

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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1068

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 148420

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2021-1068.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/9/2021

Updated: 4/9/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-21381

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:flatpak-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:flatpak-session-helper, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:flatpak, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:flatpak-selinux

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/6/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/11/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-21381

RHSA: 2021:1068