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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4951-1
May 12, 2021
flatpak vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 20.10
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Summary:
A Flatpak application could access files that it would not normally
be permitted to access.
Software Description:
- flatpak: Application deployment framework for desktop apps
Details:
Anton Lydike discovered that Flatpak did not properly handle special tokens
in desktop files. An attacker could use this to specially craft a Flatpak
application that could escape sandbox confinement.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 20.10:
flatpak 1.8.2-1ubuntu0.2
libflatpak0 1.8.2-1ubuntu0.2
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
flatpak 1.6.5-0ubuntu0.3
libflatpak0 1.6.5-0ubuntu0.3
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
flatpak 1.0.9-0ubuntu0.3
libflatpak0 1.0.9-0ubuntu0.3
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4951-1
CVE-2021-21381
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flatpak/1.8.2-1ubuntu0.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flatpak/1.6.5-0ubuntu0.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flatpak/1.0.9-0ubuntu0.3
