Upstream information

CVE-2017-9780 at MITRE

Description

In Flatpak before 0.8.7, a third-party app repository could include malicious apps that contain files with inappropriate permissions, for example setuid or world-writable. The files are deployed with those permissions, which would let a local attacker run the setuid executable or write to the world-writable location. In the case of the "system helper" component, files deployed as part of the app are owned by root, so in the worst case they could be setuid root.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.2
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.8
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1012961 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 1078923 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 1078989 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

    openSUSE-SU-2018:0389-1


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 flatpak Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS flatpak Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS flatpak Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 flatpak Not affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 flatpak Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 flatpak Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 flatpak Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS flatpak Not affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Feb 2 09:19:53 2018
CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 7 13:14:50 2023