RedHat: RHSA-2022-1792:01 Moderate: flatpak security and bug fix update
Summary
Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed
desktop applications on Linux.
Security Fix(es):
* flatpak: Permissions granted to applications can be hidden from the user
at install time (CVE-2021-43860)
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.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.6 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Summary
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
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-43860 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.6_release_notes/
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source:
flatpak-1.8.7-1.el8.src.rpm
aarch64:
flatpak-1.8.7-1.el8.aarch64.rpm
flatpak-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.aarch64.rpm
flatpak-debugsource-1.8.7-1.el8.aarch64.rpm
flatpak-libs-1.8.7-1.el8.aarch64.rpm
flatpak-libs-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.aarch64.rpm
flatpak-session-helper-1.8.7-1.el8.aarch64.rpm
flatpak-session-helper-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.aarch64.rpm
flatpak-tests-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.aarch64.rpm
noarch:
flatpak-selinux-1.8.7-1.el8.noarch.rpm
ppc64le:
flatpak-1.8.7-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm
flatpak-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm
flatpak-debugsource-1.8.7-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm
flatpak-libs-1.8.7-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm
flatpak-libs-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm
flatpak-session-helper-1.8.7-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm
flatpak-session-helper-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm
flatpak-tests-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
flatpak-1.8.7-1.el8.s390x.rpm
flatpak-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.s390x.rpm
flatpak-debugsource-1.8.7-1.el8.s390x.rpm
flatpak-libs-1.8.7-1.el8.s390x.rpm
flatpak-libs-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.s390x.rpm
flatpak-session-helper-1.8.7-1.el8.s390x.rpm
flatpak-session-helper-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.s390x.rpm
flatpak-tests-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
flatpak-1.8.7-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
flatpak-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.i686.rpm
flatpak-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
flatpak-debugsource-1.8.7-1.el8.i686.rpm
flatpak-debugsource-1.8.7-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
flatpak-libs-1.8.7-1.el8.i686.rpm
flatpak-libs-1.8.7-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
flatpak-libs-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.i686.rpm
flatpak-libs-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
flatpak-session-helper-1.8.7-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
flatpak-session-helper-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.i686.rpm
flatpak-session-helper-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
flatpak-tests-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.i686.rpm
flatpak-tests-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8):
aarch64:
flatpak-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.aarch64.rpm
flatpak-debugsource-1.8.7-1.el8.aarch64.rpm
flatpak-devel-1.8.7-1.el8.aarch64.rpm
flatpak-libs-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.aarch64.rpm
flatpak-session-helper-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.aarch64.rpm
flatpak-tests-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
flatpak-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm
flatpak-debugsource-1.8.7-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm
flatpak-devel-1.8.7-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm
flatpak-libs-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm
flatpak-session-helper-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm
flatpak-tests-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
flatpak-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.s390x.rpm
flatpak-debugsource-1.8.7-1.el8.s390x.rpm
flatpak-devel-1.8.7-1.el8.s390x.rpm
flatpak-libs-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.s390x.rpm
flatpak-session-helper-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.s390x.rpm
flatpak-tests-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
flatpak-1.8.7-1.el8.i686.rpm
flatpak-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.i686.rpm
flatpak-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
flatpak-debugsource-1.8.7-1.el8.i686.rpm
flatpak-debugsource-1.8.7-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
flatpak-devel-1.8.7-1.el8.i686.rpm
flatpak-devel-1.8.7-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
flatpak-libs-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.i686.rpm
flatpak-libs-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
flatpak-session-helper-1.8.7-1.el8.i686.rpm
flatpak-session-helper-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.i686.rpm
flatpak-session-helper-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
flatpak-tests-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.i686.rpm
flatpak-tests-debuginfo-1.8.7-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
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Topic
An update for flatpak is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.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.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1980438 - [BZ] Disable gvfs plugins when listing flatpak installations
2010533 - Update to 1.8.6
2041590 - CVE-2021-43860 flatpak: Permissions granted to applications can be hidden from the user at install time