CVE-2022-21682

Flatpak is a Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework. A path traversal vulnerability affects versions of Flatpak prior to 1.12.3 and 1.10.6. flatpak-builder applies `finish-args` last in the build. At this point the build directory will have the full access that is specified in the manifest, so running `flatpak build` against it will gain those permissions. Normally this will not be done, so this is not problem. However, if `--mirror-screenshots-url` is specified, then flatpak-builder will launch `flatpak build --nofilesystem=host appstream-utils mirror-screenshots` after finalization, which can lead to issues even with the `--nofilesystem=host` protection. In normal use, the only issue is that these empty directories can be created wherever the user has write permissions. However, a malicious application could replace the `appstream-util` binary and potentially do something more hostile. This has been resolved in Flatpak 1.12.3 and 1.10.6 by changing the behaviour of `--nofilesystem=home` and `--nofilesystem=host`.
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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:flatpak:flatpak:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:flatpak:flatpak:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:flatpak:flatpak-builder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2022-01-13 13:15

Updated : 2022-02-09 23:52


NVD link : CVE-2022-21682

Mitre link : CVE-2022-21682


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CWE
CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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Products Affected

redhat

  • enterprise_linux

flatpak

  • flatpak-builder
  • flatpak

fedoraproject

  • fedora

debian

  • debian_linux