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CVE-2021-21381

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Overview

Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux. In Flatpack since version 0.9.4 and before version 1.10.2 has a vulnerability in the "file forwarding" feature which can be used by an attacker to gain access to files that would not ordinarily be allowed by the app's permissions. By putting the special tokens `@@` and/or `@@u` in the Exec field of a Flatpak app's .desktop file, a malicious app publisher can trick flatpak into behaving as though the user had chosen to open a target file with their Flatpak app, which automatically makes that file available to the Flatpak app. This is fixed in version 1.10.2. A minimal solution is the first commit "`Disallow @@ and @@U usage in desktop files`". The follow-up commits "`dir: Reserve the whole @@ prefix`" and "`dir: Refuse to export .desktop files with suspicious uses of @@ tokens`" are recommended, but not strictly required. As a workaround, avoid installing Flatpak apps from untrusted sources, or check the contents of the exported `.desktop` files in `exports/share/applications/*.desktop` (typically `~/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share/applications/*.desktop` and `/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/applications/*.desktop`) to make sure that literal filenames do not follow `@@` or `@@u`.

Related Files

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202312-12
Posted Dec 26, 2023
Authored by Gentoo | Site security.gentoo.org

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202312-12 - Several vulnerabilities have been found in Flatpack, the worst of which lead to privilege escalation and sandbox escape. Versions greater than or equal to 1.14.4 are affected.

tags | advisory, vulnerability
systems | linux, gentoo
advisories | CVE-2021-21381, CVE-2021-41133, CVE-2021-43860, CVE-2022-21682, CVE-2023-28100, CVE-2023-28101
SHA-256 | 3018a3aaac2e8e504bce240edb2f33466f227c0b15ee1ce0adb6bbddcdceb2ca
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4951-1
Posted May 12, 2021
Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 4951-1 - Anton Lydike discovered that Flatpak did not properly handle special tokens in desktop files. An attacker could use this to specially craft a Flatpak application that could escape sandbox confinement.

tags | advisory
systems | linux, ubuntu
advisories | CVE-2021-21381
SHA-256 | 0a23b56d1081ab2204a99d50c0d34c135491bf42cf34c1c9d5130145a1870e60
Red Hat Security Advisory 2021-1073-01
Posted Apr 6, 2021
Authored by Red Hat | Site access.redhat.com

Red Hat Security Advisory 2021-1073-01 - Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux.

tags | advisory
systems | linux, redhat
advisories | CVE-2021-21381
SHA-256 | b20395adb87e56c72759aaaee0b90aed0baeb0ccd36031b5b38b98d100913b24
Red Hat Security Advisory 2021-1074-01
Posted Apr 6, 2021
Authored by Red Hat | Site access.redhat.com

Red Hat Security Advisory 2021-1074-01 - Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux.

tags | advisory
systems | linux, redhat
advisories | CVE-2021-21381
SHA-256 | 62e283b5d03e97d252f352960ede450fb10d5c8ae579653dea350ab9b7f28926
Red Hat Security Advisory 2021-1068-01
Posted Apr 6, 2021
Authored by Red Hat | Site access.redhat.com

Red Hat Security Advisory 2021-1068-01 - Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux.

tags | advisory
systems | linux, redhat
advisories | CVE-2021-21381
SHA-256 | c79f54c2aaf572800a6888dd0c0daef83ef1af5667996579b0dee112621b0a29
Red Hat Security Advisory 2021-1002-01
Posted Mar 29, 2021
Authored by Red Hat | Site access.redhat.com

Red Hat Security Advisory 2021-1002-01 - Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux.

tags | advisory
systems | linux, redhat
advisories | CVE-2021-21381
SHA-256 | a9bc93447ac26caa62d160ea83edfad431d223ed267ceca684f1ebc620b90622
Debian Security Advisory 4868-1
Posted Mar 28, 2021
Authored by Debian | Site debian.org

Debian Linux Security Advisory 4868-1 - Anton Lydike discovered that sandbox restrictions in Flatpak, an application deployment framework for desktop apps, could by bypassed via a malicious .desktop file.

tags | advisory
systems | linux, debian
advisories | CVE-2021-21381
SHA-256 | 9246a129a35b9c6ff0025f10d7c8cbe9f8fc504b7cdf776c49781b28a60f4554
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