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Fedora 34: Critical Flatpak Sandbox Escape Vulnerability on 2021-01-19

This is a security update that fixes a sandbox escape where a malicious application can execute code outside the sandbox by controlling the environment of the "flatpak run" command when spawning a sub-sandbox. See the advisory for details: https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-4ppf-fxf6-vxg2. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2021-f807eb480a 2021-01-19 01:50:48.910487 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name : flatpak Product : Fedora 32 Version : 1.8.5 Release : 1.fc32 URL : https://flatpak.org/ Summary : Application deployment framework for desktop apps Description : flatpak is a system for building, distributing and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux. See https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/SandboxedApps for more information. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information: This is a security update that fixes a sandbox escape where a malicious application can execute code outside the sandbox by controlling the environment of the "flatpak run" command when spawning a sub-sandbox. See the advisory for details: https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-4ppf-fxf6-vxg2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------ChangeLog: * Thu Jan 14 2021 Kalev Lember - 1.8.5-1 - Update to 1.8.5 * Wed Nov 18 2020 David King - 1.8.3-2 - Drop obsolete Requires on system-release --------------------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2021-f807eb480a' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys usedby the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------_______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it./ . Fedora security patch issued to close sandbox vulnerability in flatpak, thwarting execution of harmful application scripts.. Fedora Update, Flatpak Escape, Critical Security Update. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

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Scientific Linux SL5: SLSA-2013:0870-1 Important Tomcat5 Security Risk

Important: tomcat5 security update. Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 19:45:17 +0000 Reply-To: scientific-linux-users@ Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux From: Pat Riehecky Subject: Security ERRATA Important: tomcat5 on SL5.x i386/x86_64 MIME-Version: 1.0 Synopsis: Important: tomcat5 security update Advisory ID: SLSA-2013:0870-1 Issue Date: 2013-05-28 CVE Numbers: CVE-2013-1976 -- A flaw was found in the way the tomcat5 init script handled the catalina.out log file. A malicious web application deployed on Tomcat could use this flaw to perform a symbolic link attack to change the ownership of an arbitrary system file to that of the tomcat user, allowing them to escalate their privileges to root. (CVE-2013-1976) Note: With this update, /var/log/tomcat5/catalina.out has been moved to the /var/log/tomcat5-initd.log file. Tomcat must be restarted for this update to take effect. -- SL5 x86_64 tomcat5-debuginfo-5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9.x86_64.rpm tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9.x86_64.rpm tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9.x86_64.rpm tomcat5-5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9.x86_64.rpm tomcat5-admin-webapps-5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9.x86_64.rpm tomcat5-common-lib-5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9.x86_64.rpm tomcat5-jasper-5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9.x86_64.rpm tomcat5-jasper-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9.x86_64.rpm tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9.x86_64.rpm tomcat5-server-lib-5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9.x86_64.rpm tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9.x86_64.rpm tomcat5-webapps-5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9.x86_64.rpm i386 tomcat5-debuginfo-5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9.i386.rpm tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9.i386.rpm tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9.i386.rpm tomcat5-5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9.i386.rpm tomcat5-admin-webapps-5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9.i386.rpm tomcat5-common-lib-5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9.i386.rpm tomcat5-jasper-5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9.i386.rpm tomcat5-jasper-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9.i386.rpm tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9.i386.rpm tomcat5-server-lib-5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9.i386.rpm tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9.i386.rpm tomcat5-webapps-5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9.i386.rpm - Scientific Linux Development Team . Essential tomcat5 patch for Scientific Linux resolves security concern associated with elevation of privilege, accompanied by comprehensive advisory instructions.. tomcat5 security advisory, scientific linux update, privilege escalation risk. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

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