Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere Affecting flatpak-debuginfo package, versions <0:1.0.2-4.amzn2.0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (23rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-FLATPAKDEBUGINFO-1669433
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed12 Feb 2019

Introduced: 12 Feb 2019

CVE-2019-8308  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-668  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 flatpak-debuginfo to version 0:1.0.2-4.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2019-1183.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream flatpak-debuginfo package and not the flatpak-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

Flatpak 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.