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Debian dsa-5749 : flatpak - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 205544

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5749 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5749-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso August 14, 2024 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Package : flatpak CVE ID : CVE-2024-42472

 Chris Williams discovered a flaw in the handling of mounts for persistent directories in Flatpak, an application deployment framework for desktop apps. A malicious or compromised Flatpak app using persistent directories could take advantage of this flaw to access files outside of the sandbox.

 Details can be found in the upstream advisory at https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-7hgv-f2j8-xw87

 For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 1.14.10-1~deb12u1. To address the vulnerability, flatpak uses a new feature provided in bubblewrap and provided in version 0.8.0-2+deb12u1 along with this update.

 We recommend that you upgrade your flatpak packages.

 For the detailed security status of flatpak please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/flatpak

 Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

 Mailing list: [email protected]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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

Upgrade the flatpak packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/flatpak

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

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-42472

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 205544

File Name: debian_DSA-5749.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/14/2024

Updated: 8/14/2024

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

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-42472

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

Temporal Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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:debian:debian_linux:flatpak, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:flatpak-tests, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gir1.2-flatpak-1.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libflatpak-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libflatpak-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libflatpak0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/14/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/14/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-42472