All errata/sisyphus/ALT-PU-2022-1081-1
ALT-PU-2022-1081-1

Package update flatpak-builder in branch sisyphus

Version1.2.2-alt1
Published2022-01-19
Max severityMEDIUM
Severity:

Closed issues (1)

CVE-2022-21682
MEDIUM6.5

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`.

Published: 2022-01-13Modified: 2024-11-21
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.0
CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS 3.xMEDIUM 6.5
CVSS:3.x/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N