Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2021-1625
Advisory Release Date: 2021-04-02 01:53 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2021-04-06 16:58 Pacific
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
A sandbox escape flaw was found in the way flatpak handled special tokens in ".desktop" files. This flaw allows an attacker to gain access to files that are not ordinarily allowed by the app's permissions. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and integrity. (CVE-2021-21381)
Affected Packages:
flatpak
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update flatpak to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
flatpak-1.0.9-10.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
flatpak-builder-1.0.0-10.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
flatpak-devel-1.0.9-10.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
flatpak-libs-1.0.9-10.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
flatpak-debuginfo-1.0.9-10.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
i686:
flatpak-1.0.9-10.amzn2.0.1.i686
flatpak-builder-1.0.0-10.amzn2.0.1.i686
flatpak-devel-1.0.9-10.amzn2.0.1.i686
flatpak-libs-1.0.9-10.amzn2.0.1.i686
flatpak-debuginfo-1.0.9-10.amzn2.0.1.i686
src:
flatpak-1.0.9-10.amzn2.0.1.src
x86_64:
flatpak-1.0.9-10.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
flatpak-builder-1.0.0-10.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
flatpak-devel-1.0.9-10.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
flatpak-libs-1.0.9-10.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
flatpak-debuginfo-1.0.9-10.amzn2.0.1.x86_64