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Debian Security Advisory DSA-4390-1                   security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff
February 12, 2019                     https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : flatpak
CVE ID         : not yet available
Debian Bug     : 922059

It was discovered that Flatpak, an application deployment framework for
desktop apps, insufficiently restricted the execution of "apply_extra"
scripts which could potentially result in privilege escalation.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.8.9-0+deb9u2.

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/source-package/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: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Debian: DSA-4390-1: flatpak security update

February 12, 2019
It was discovered that Flatpak, an application deployment framework for desktop apps, insufficiently restricted the execution of "apply_extra" scripts which could potentially resul...

Summary

It was discovered that Flatpak, an application deployment framework for
desktop apps, insufficiently restricted the execution of "apply_extra"
scripts which could potentially result in privilege escalation.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.8.9-0+deb9u2.

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/source-package/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: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Severity
Package : flatpak
CVE ID : not yet available
Debian Bug : 922059

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