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CentOS 8 : flatpak-builder (CESA-2022:7458)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 167189

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2022:7458 advisory.

 - flatpak: flatpak-builder --mirror-screenshots-url can access files outside the build directory (CVE-2022-21682)

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 flatpak-builder package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7458

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 167189

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2022-7458.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/9/2022

Updated: 11/9/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-21682

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8-stream, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:flatpak-builder

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/13/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-21682

RHSA: 2022:7458