CVE-2019-8308

Summary

CVECVE-2019-8308
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-02-12 23:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-24 17:37:00 UTC
DescriptionFlatpak 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-668

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Flatpak Flatpak All All All All
Application Flatpak Flatpak All All All All
Application Flatpak Flatpak All All All All
Application Flatpak Flatpak All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2038-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Release Release 1.2.3 (security update) · flatpak/flatpak · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
#922059 - flatpak: CVE-2019-8308: vulnerability similar to runc CVE-2019-5736 involving /proc/self/exe - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Release Release 1.0.7 (security update) · flatpak/flatpak · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 377211 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for flatpak (ALINUX2-SA-2019:0009)
  • 378317 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for flatpak-devel (VZLSA-2019:0375)
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