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SUSE: 2022-0712-1 Important: Flatpak Security Update Against Threats

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Calendar Grey March 4, 2022
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Important SUSE patch issued to resolve flatpak vulnerabilities. Aims to bolster overall system protection and adherence to established standards.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for flatpak fixes the following issues: Update to flatpak 1.10.7: - CVE-2022-21682: Introduce new option --nofilesystem=host:reset to support flatpak-builder 1.2.2 (bsc#1194611). - CVE-2021-43860: A malicious repository could hav sent invalid application metadata in a way that hides some of the app permissions displayed during installation (bsc#1194610). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Manager Server 4.1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.1-2022-712=1 - SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1:

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security advisory vulnerability important application update system integrity SUSE flatpak

References

#1194610 #1194611

Cross- CVE-2021-43860 CVE-2022-21682

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-43860 (NVD) : 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2022-21682 (NVD) : 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVE-2022-21682 (SUSE): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected Products:

SUSE Enterprise Storage 7

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP2-ESPOS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP2-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Realtime Extension 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP2-BCL

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP2-LTSS

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:0712-1
Rating: important

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security advisory vulnerability important application update system integrity SUSE flatpak

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