CVE-2022-21682

flatpak-builder can access files outside the build directory.

State
Published
Severity
7.7 High
Published
Jan 13, 2022
Updated
Aug 3, 2024
Reserved
Nov 16, 2021

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Description

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`.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.7 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
flatpakflatpak
  • >= 1.11.0, < 1.12.3Affected
  • < 1.10.6Affected

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