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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.704390
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-4390-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'flatpak' package(s) announced via the DSA-4390-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'flatpak' package(s) announced via the DSA-4390-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that Flatpak, an application deployment framework for desktop apps, insufficiently restricted the execution of apply_extra scripts which could potentially result in privilege escalation.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.8.9-0+deb9u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your flatpak packages.

For the detailed security status of flatpak please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references]

Affected Software/OS:
'flatpak' package(s) on Debian 9.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.4

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-8308
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=922059
https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/releases/tag/1.0.7
https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/releases/tag/1.2.3
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:0375
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0375
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2019:2038 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00088.html
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