CVE-2022-21682
13.01.2022, 21:15
Flatpak is a Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework. A path traversal vulnerability affects versions of Flatpak prior to 1.12.3 and 1.10.6. flatpak-builder applies `finish-args` last in the build. At this point the build directory will have the full access that is specified in the manifest, so running `flatpak build` against it will gain those permissions. Normally this will not be done, so this is not problem. However, if `--mirror-screenshots-url` is specified, then flatpak-builder will launch `flatpak build --nofilesystem=host appstream-utils mirror-screenshots` after finalization, which can lead to issues even with the `--nofilesystem=host` protection. In normal use, the only issue is that these empty directories can be created wherever the user has write permissions. However, a malicious application could replace the `appstream-util` binary and potentially do something more hostile. This has been resolved in Flatpak 1.12.3 and 1.10.6 by changing the behaviour of `--nofilesystem=home` and `--nofilesystem=host`.
Vendor | Product | Version |
---|---|---|
flatpak | flatpak | 𝑥 < 1.10.7 |
flatpak | flatpak | 1.11.1 ≤ 𝑥 < 1.12.4 |
flatpak | flatpak-builder | 𝑥 < 1.2.2 |
redhat | enterprise_linux | 8.0 |
debian | debian_linux | 9.0 |
debian | debian_linux | 10.0 |
debian | debian_linux | 11.0 |
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions

Debian Releases

Ubuntu Releases
References