glsa-202411-02.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202411-02">
    <title>Flatpak: Sandbox Escape</title>
    <synopsis>A vulnerability has been discovered in Flatpak, which can lead to a sandbox escape.</synopsis>
    <product type="ebuild">flatpak</product>
    <announced>2024-11-06</announced>
    <revised count="1">2024-11-06</revised>
    <bug>937936</bug>
    <access>remote</access>
    <affected>
        <package name="sys-apps/flatpak" auto="yes" arch="*">
            <unaffected range="ge">1.4.10</unaffected>
            <vulnerable range="lt">1.4.10</vulnerable>
        </package>
    </affected>
    <background>
        <p>Flatpak is a Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework.</p>
    </background>
    <description>
        <p>A vulnerability has been discovered in Flatpak. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.</p>
    </description>
    <impact type="high">
        <p>A malicious or compromised Flatpak app using persistent directories could
read and write files in locations it would not normally have access to.</p>
    </impact>
    <workaround>
        <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
    </workaround>
    <resolution>
        <p>All Flatpak users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
        
        <code>
          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/flatpak-1.4.10"
        </code>
    </resolution>
    <references>
        <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42472">CVE-2024-42472</uri>
    </references>
    <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2024-11-06T12:12:48.512741Z">graaff</metadata>
    <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2024-11-06T12:12:48.515088Z">graaff</metadata>
</glsa>