CVE-2022-21682

NameCVE-2022-21682
DescriptionFlatpak 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`.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-5049-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
flatpak (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye1.10.8-0+deb11u2fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)1.14.10-1~deb12u1fixed
trixie, sid1.14.10-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
flatpaksourcebullseye1.10.7-0+deb11u1DSA-5049-1
flatpaksource(unstable)1.12.3-1

Notes

[buster] - flatpak <ignored> (Intrusive and risky to backport)
[stretch] - flatpak <ignored> (Intrusive and risky to backport)
https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-8ch7-5j3h-g4fx
https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/commit/445bddeee657fdc8d2a0a1f0de12975400d4fc1a
Documentation: https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/commit/4d11f77aa7fd3e64cfa80af89d92567ab9e8e6fa
1.12.4 added further changes to avoid regressions for some workflows

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