Oracle Linux 7 : flatpak (ELSA-2019-0375)

high Nessus Plugin ID 122328

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2019:0375 :

An update for flatpak is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux.

Security Fix(es) :

* flatpak: potential /proc based sandbox escape (CVE-2019-8308)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

Update the affected flatpak packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2019-February/008490.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 122328

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-0375.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/20/2019

Updated: 2/10/2020

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:flatpak, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:flatpak-builder, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:flatpak-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:flatpak-libs, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/19/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-8308

RHSA: 2019:0375