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Gentoo: GLSA 202411-02 High: Flatpak Sandbox Escape Advisory

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Calendar Grey November 6, 2024
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Critical high-severity alert issued by Gentoo regarding Flatpak sandbox breaches; ensure immediate updates to safeguard against potential vulnerabilities.
A vulnerability has been discovered in Flatpak, which can lead to a sandbox escape.

Summary

A vulnerability has been discovered in Flatpak. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity gentoo sandbox escape flatpak linux framework

Resolution

All Flatpak users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/flatpak-1.4.10"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2024-42472 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42472

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202411-02
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: High
Title: Flatpak: Sandbox Escape
Date: November 06, 2024
Bugs: #937936
ID: 202411-02

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in Flatpak, which can lead to a sandbox escape.

Background

Flatpak is a Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected ---------------- ------------ ------------ sys-apps/flatpak < 1.4.10 >= 1.4.10

Impact

A malicious or compromised Flatpak app using persistent directories could read and write files in locations it would not normally have access to.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.