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oesa-2021-1149
Vulnerability from osv_openeuler
Published
2021-05-06 11:04
Modified
2026-08-06 11:04
Summary
flatpak security update
Details

flatpak is a system for building, distributing and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux. See https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/SandboxedApps for more information.

Security Fix(es):

Flatpak before 1.0.7, and 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.3, exposes /proc in the apply_extra script sandbox, which allows attackers to modify a host-side executable file.(CVE-2019-8308)

Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux. In Flatpack since version 0.9.4 and before version 1.10.2 has a vulnerability in the "file forwarding" feature which can be used by an attacker to gain access to files that would not ordinarily be allowed by the app's permissions. By putting the special tokens @@ and/or @@u in the Exec field of a Flatpak app's .desktop file, a malicious app publisher can trick flatpak into behaving as though the user had chosen to open a target file with their Flatpak app, which automatically makes that file available to the Flatpak app. This is fixed in version 1.10.2. A minimal solution is the first commit "Disallow @@ and @@U usage in desktop files". The follow-up commits "dir: Reserve the whole @@ prefix" and "dir: Refuse to export .desktop files with suspicious uses of @@ tokens" are recommended, but not strictly required. As a workaround, avoid installing Flatpak apps from untrusted sources, or check the contents of the exported .desktop files in exports/share/applications/*.desktop (typically ~/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share/applications/*.desktop and /var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/applications/*.desktop) to make sure that literal filenames do not follow @@ or @@u.(CVE-2021-21381)

Severity
8.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "aarch64": [
          "flatpak-debuginfo-1.0.3-5.oe1.aarch64.rpm",
          "flatpak-debugsource-1.0.3-5.oe1.aarch64.rpm",
          "flatpak-devel-1.0.3-5.oe1.aarch64.rpm",
          "flatpak-1.0.3-5.oe1.aarch64.rpm"
        ],
        "noarch": [
          "flatpak-help-1.0.3-5.oe1.noarch.rpm"
        ],
        "src": [
          "flatpak-1.0.3-5.oe1.src.rpm"
        ],
        "x86_64": [
          "flatpak-devel-1.0.3-5.oe1.x86_64.rpm",
          "flatpak-debuginfo-1.0.3-5.oe1.x86_64.rpm",
          "flatpak-debugsource-1.0.3-5.oe1.x86_64.rpm",
          "flatpak-1.0.3-5.oe1.x86_64.rpm"
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "openEuler:20.03-LTS-SP1",
        "name": "flatpak",
        "purl": "pkg:rpm/openEuler/flatpak\u0026distro=openEuler-20.03-LTS-SP1"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.0.3-5.oe1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "severity": "High"
  },
  "details": "flatpak is a system for building, distributing and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux. See https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/SandboxedApps for more information.\r\n\r\nSecurity Fix(es):\r\n\r\nFlatpak before 1.0.7, and 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.3, exposes /proc in the apply_extra script sandbox, which allows attackers to modify a host-side executable file.(CVE-2019-8308)\r\n\r\nFlatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux. In Flatpack since version 0.9.4 and before version 1.10.2 has a vulnerability in the \u0026quot;file forwarding\u0026quot; feature which can be used by an attacker to gain access to files that would not ordinarily be allowed by the app\u0026apos;s permissions. By putting the special tokens `@@` and/or `@@u` in the Exec field of a Flatpak app\u0026apos;s .desktop file, a malicious app publisher can trick flatpak into behaving as though the user had chosen to open a target file with their Flatpak app, which automatically makes that file available to the Flatpak app. This is fixed in version 1.10.2. A minimal solution is the first commit \u0026quot;`Disallow @@ and @@U usage in desktop files`\u0026quot;. The follow-up commits \u0026quot;`dir: Reserve the whole @@ prefix`\u0026quot; and \u0026quot;`dir: Refuse to export .desktop files with suspicious uses of @@ tokens`\u0026quot; are recommended, but not strictly required. As a workaround, avoid installing Flatpak apps from untrusted sources, or check the contents of the exported `.desktop` files in `exports/share/applications/*.desktop` (typically `~/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share/applications/*.desktop` and `/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/applications/*.desktop`) to make sure that literal filenames do not follow `@@` or `@@u`.(CVE-2021-21381)",
  "id": "OESA-2021-1149",
  "modified": "2026-08-06T11:04:23Z",
  "published": "2021-05-06T11:04:23Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://openeuler.org/en/security/safety-bulletin/detail.html?id=openEuler-SA-2021-1149"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8308"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21381"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.2",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "flatpak security update",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2019-8308",
    "CVE-2021-21381"
  ]
}



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