It was discovered that Flatpak, an application deployment framework for
desktop apps insufficiently restricted file permissinons in third-party
repositories, which could result in privilege escalation.
For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.8.5-2+deb9u1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.8.7-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your flatpak packages.
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/
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