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Fedora 24: 2017-484fae685d Moderate: Flatpak Sandboxing Escape Issue
fedora
January 30, 2017
flatpak 0.8.2 release, fixing a security issue that could lead to sandbox escaping
Summary
flatpak is a system for building, distributing and running sandboxed desktop
applications on Linux. See https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/SandboxedApps for
more information.
Update Information:
flatpak 0.8.2 release, fixing a security issue that could lead to sandbox
escaping. For details, see https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/releases/tag/0.8.2
Change Log
References
Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2017-484fae685d 2017-01-30 21:12:12.103820
Name : flatpak Product : Fedora 24 Version : 0.8.2 Release : 1.fc24 URL : https://flatpak.org/ Summary : Application deployment framework for desktop apps Description : flatpak is a system for building, distributing and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux. See https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/SandboxedApps for more information.
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade flatpak' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html
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Name: flatpak
Product: Fedora 24
Version: 0.8.2
Release: 1.fc24
URL: https://flatpak.org/
Summary: Application deployment framework for desktop apps
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