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alsa-2023:6518
Vulnerability from osv_almalinux
Published
2023-11-07 00:00
Modified
2023-11-14 12:11
Summary
Moderate: flatpak security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Details

Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux.

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: flatpak (1.12.8). (BZ#2221792)

Security Fix(es):

  • flatpak: TIOCLINUX can send commands outside sandbox if running on a virtual console (CVE-2023-28100)
  • flatpak: Metadata with ANSI control codes can cause misleading terminal output (CVE-2023-28101)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

References
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  "id": "ALSA-2023:6518",
  "modified": "2023-11-14T12:11:19Z",
  "published": "2023-11-07T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
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      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6518"
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-28100"
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    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-28101"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2179219"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2179220"
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  "summary": "Moderate: flatpak security, bug fix, and enhancement update"
}



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