flatpak security, bug fix, and enhancement update

1.12.8-1 - Update to 1.12.8 CVE-2023-28100, CVE-2023-28101 Resolves: 2180312, 2221792...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: flatpak security, bug fix, and enhancement update

An update for flatpak is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from th...

flatpak: TIOCLINUX can send commands outside sandbox if running on a virtual console

A flaw was found in Flatpak, a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux. It contains a vulnerability similar to CVE-2017-5226 but using the TIOCLINUX ioctl command instead of TIOCSTI. If a Flatpak app is run on a Linux virtual console such as /dev/tty...

flatpak: Metadata with ANSI control codes can cause misleading terminal output

A flaw was found in Flatpak, a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux. Suppose an attacker publishes a Flatpak app with elevated permissions. In that case, they can hide those permissions from users of the flatpak1 command-line interface by setting...

ALSA-2023:6518 Moderate: flatpak security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: flatpak 1.12.8. BZ2221792 Security Fixes: flatpak: TIOCLINUX can send commands outside sandbox if running on a virtual consol...

Rocky Linux 8 : flatpak (RLSA-2022:1792)

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2022:1792 advisory. - Flatpak is a Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework. Prior to versions 1.12.3 and 1.10.6, Flatpak doesn't properly validate that the permissio...

RHEL 9 : flatpak (RHSA-2023:6518)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:6518 advisory. Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux. The following packages have been upgrad...

Moderate: flatpak security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: flatpak 1.12.8. BZ2221792 Security Fixes: flatpak: TIOCLINUX can send commands outside sandbox if running on a virtual consol...

Important: Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: Updated rhel9/thunderbird-flatpak container image

An updated rhel9/thunderbird-flatpak container image is now available in the Red Hat container registry. Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client. Flatpak is a system for running graphical applications as containers. Installing an application as a Flatpak rather than as an...

Important: Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: Updated rhel9/firefox-flatpak container image

An updated rhel9/firefox-flatpak container image is now available in the Red Hat container registry. Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability. Flatpak is a system for running graphical applications as containers. Installing an...

Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2023-283-02)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

[slackware-security] libnotify

New libnotify packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libnotify-0.8.3-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This release contains a critical stability/minor security update which affects...

Amazon Linux 2 : flatpak (ALAS-2023-2134)

The version of flatpak installed on the remote host is prior to 1.0.9-10. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2134 advisory. Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux. Versions prior to 1.10.8,...

Medium: flatpak

Issue Overview: Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux. Versions prior to 1.10.8, 1.12.8, 1.14.4, and 1.15.4 contain a vulnerability similar to CVE-2017-5226, but using the TIOCLINUX ioctl command instead of TIOCSTI. If a Flatpak app is...

Amazon Linux 2 : flatpak (ALAS-2023-2076)

The version of flatpak installed on the remote host is prior to 1.0.9-10. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2076 advisory. Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux. In versions prior to 1.10.4 a...

Important: flatpak

Issue Overview: Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux. In versions prior to 1.10.4 and 1.12.0, Flatpak apps with direct access to AFUNIX sockets such as those used by Wayland, Pipewire or pipewire-pulse can trick portals and other...

Improper Input Validation

flatpak is vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. Vulnerability allows copied text from a linux virtual console to be run after flatpak app is closed resulting in improper input validation...

Improper Encoding

Flatpak is vulnerable to Improper Encoding. A malicious attacker to craft a flatpack app with elevated permisions and hide them from its users which is resulted due to improper encoding...

NewStart CGSL CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05 : flatpak Vulnerability (NS-SA-2023-0012)

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05, has flatpak packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability: - Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux. In versions prior to 1.10.4 and 1.12.0, Flatpak apps wi...

SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2023:1714-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...