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High ELSA-2024-6422 1 CVE

Important: bubblewrap and flatpak security update (Oracle Linux 8)

Published Sep 5, 2024 · Updated Sep 5, 2024

Summary

bubblewrap
[0.4.0-2]
- Backport upstream fix to help address CVE-2024-42472 in flatpak

flatpak
[1.12.9-3]
- Fix previous changelog entry

[1.12.9-2]
- Backport upstream patches for CVE-2024-42472
- Require bubblewrap version that has new --bind-fd option backported for
addressing CVE-2024-42472

Fixed packages 6

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 8 bubblewrap 0:0.4.0-2.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 flatpak 0:1.12.9-3.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 flatpak-devel 0:1.12.9-3.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 flatpak-libs 0:1.12.9-3.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 flatpak-selinux 0:1.12.9-3.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 flatpak-session-helper 0:1.12.9-3.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Critical 10.0

    Flatpak may allow access to files outside sandbox for certain apps

    Flatpak is a Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework. Prior to versions 1.14.0 and 1.15.10, a malicious or compromised Flatpak app using persistent directories could access and write files outside of what it would otherwise have access to, whi…