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RedHat: RHSA-2019:1024-01 Important: Flatpak Sandbox Bypass Threat

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Calendar Grey May 7, 2019
Dist Redhat Esm H88
An important flatpak security patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 addresses critical sandbox evasion flaws; ensure updates are implemented without delay.
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 bypass via IOCSTI (incomplete fix for CVE-2017-5226) (CVE-2019-10063)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory software update Red Hat Enterprise Linux important security impact sandbox bypass flatpak

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10063 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: flatpak-1.0.2-5.el7_6.src.rpm
x86_64: flatpak-1.0.2-5.el7_6.x86_64.rpm flatpak-debuginfo-1.0.2-5.el7_6.x86_64.rpm flatpak-libs-1.0.2-5.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: flatpak-builder-1.0.0-5.el7_6.x86_64.rpm flatpak-debuginfo-1.0.2-5.el7_6.x86_64.rpm flatpak-devel-1.0.2-5.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
Source: flatpak-1.0.2-5.el7_6.src.rpm
x86_64: flatpak-1.0.2-5.el7_6.x86_64.rpm flatpak-builder-1.0.0-5.el7_6.x86_64.rpm flatpak-debuginfo-1.0.2-5.el7_6.x86_64.rpm flatpak-devel-1.0.2-5.el7_6.x86_64.rpm flatpak-libs-1.0.2-5.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: flatpak-1.0.2-5.el7_6.src.rpm
ppc64: flatpak-1.0.2-5.el7_6.ppc64.rpm flatpak-debuginfo-1.0.2-5.el7_6.ppc64.rpm flatpak-libs-1.0.2-5.el7_6.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: flatpak-1.0.2-5.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm flatpak-debuginfo-1.0.2-5.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm flatpak-libs-1.0.2-5.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: flatpak-1.0.2-5.el7_6.s390x.rpm flatpak-debuginfo-1.0.2-5.el7_6.s390x.rpm flatpak-libs-1.0.2-5.el7_6.s390x.rpm
x86_64: flatpak-1.0.2-5.el7_6.x86_64.rpm flatpak-debuginfo-1.0.2-5.el7_6.x86_64.rpm flatpak-libs-1.0.2-5.el7_6.x86_64.rpm


Read the Full Advisory


Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:1024-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1024
Issue date: 2019-05-07

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 Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory software update Red Hat Enterprise Linux important security impact sandbox bypass flatpak

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 ComputeNode 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

1695973 - CVE-2019-10063 flatpak: Sandbox bypass via IOCSTI (incomplete fix for CVE-2017-5226)

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