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Red Hat: RHSA-2018:2766-01 Moderate: Flatpak Sandbox Escape

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Calendar Grey September 25, 2018
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat has issued a moderate-impact security advisory for a Flatpak vulnerability (CVE-2023-5678) affecting all supported distributions, urging users to update
An update for flatpak is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux.
Security Fix(es):
* flatpak: sandbox escape in D-Bus filtering by a crafted authentication handshake (CVE-2018-6560)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate impact sandbox escape flatpak D-Bus filtering

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6560 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: flatpak-0.8.8-4.el7_5.src.rpm
x86_64: flatpak-0.8.8-4.el7_5.x86_64.rpm flatpak-debuginfo-0.8.8-4.el7_5.x86_64.rpm flatpak-libs-0.8.8-4.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: flatpak-builder-0.8.8-4.el7_5.x86_64.rpm flatpak-debuginfo-0.8.8-4.el7_5.x86_64.rpm flatpak-devel-0.8.8-4.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: flatpak-0.8.8-4.el7_5.src.rpm
ppc64: flatpak-0.8.8-4.el7_5.ppc64.rpm flatpak-debuginfo-0.8.8-4.el7_5.ppc64.rpm flatpak-libs-0.8.8-4.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: flatpak-0.8.8-4.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm flatpak-debuginfo-0.8.8-4.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm flatpak-libs-0.8.8-4.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: flatpak-0.8.8-4.el7_5.s390x.rpm flatpak-debuginfo-0.8.8-4.el7_5.s390x.rpm flatpak-libs-0.8.8-4.el7_5.s390x.rpm
x86_64: flatpak-0.8.8-4.el7_5.x86_64.rpm flatpak-debuginfo-0.8.8-4.el7_5.x86_64.rpm flatpak-libs-0.8.8-4.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7):
Source: flatpak-0.8.8-4.el7_5.src.rpm
aarch64: flatpak-0.8.8-4.el7_5.aarch64.rpm flatpak-debuginfo-0.8.8-4.el7_5.aarch64.rpm flatpak-libs-0.8.8-4.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: flatpak-0.8.8-4.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm flatpak-debuginfo-0.8.8-4.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Severity
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Lowest
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Critical

Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:2766-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2766
Issue date: 2018-09-25

Topic

An update for flatpak is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate impact sandbox escape flatpak D-Bus filtering

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x

Bugs Fixed

1542207 - CVE-2018-6560 flatpak: sandbox escape in D-Bus filtering by a crafted authentication handshake

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