MGASA-2022-0131

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    MGASA-2022-0131

    Published: 9 Apr 2022Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated flatpak packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Flatpak doesn't properly validate that the permissions displayed to the user for an app at install time match the actual permissions granted to the app at runtime, in the case that there's a null byte in the metadata file of an app. (CVE-2021-43860) Path traversal vulnerability (CVE-2022-21682) Various other fixes and enhancements included in update to version 1.12.7.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0131.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29885, https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-qpjc-vq3c-572j, https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-8ch7-5j3h-g4fx, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/APFTBYGJJVJPFVHRXUW5PII5XOAFI4KH/, https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/releases/tag/1.10.7, https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/releases/tag/1.12.4, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/G4SGDDYLN2BFKCHIDCXL2QTDVHPMZZM4/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/IXKBERLJRYV7KXKGXOLI6IOXVBQNN4DP/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/UELF5NVMHRQ45DEBIRQGIVCV4PADFC37/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/F46WFOXXRE63UMMTLQB2FOJT4KLI5AR7/, https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/releases/tag/1.12.5, https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/releases/tag/1.12.6, https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/T4OG73MX3JPZBHYMUXUULPTVL7ZOOTZ5/, https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/releases/tag/1.12.7

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: flatpak

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/flatpak?arch=source&distro=mageia-8

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.12.7-1.mga8

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    MGASA-2022-0131 | CVE-DB