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Debian: DSA-4984-1 Critical: Flatpak Bypass Risk Exposure

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Calendar Grey October 12, 2021
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The Fedora Project has issued an update report FSA-2021-54 addressing a vulnerability in container isolation features.
It was discovered that sandbox restrictions in Flatpak, an application deployment framework for desktop apps, could be bypassed for a Flatpak app with direct access to AF_UNIX sock...

Summary

Details can be found in the upstream advisory at
https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-67h7-w3jq-vh4q

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.10.5-0+deb11u1.

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/



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Package: flatpak
CVE ID: CVE-2021-41133

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