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Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-6356-03
Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-6356-03 - An update for bubblewrap and flatpak is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
The following advisory data is extracted from:https://access.redhat.com/security/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_6356.jsonRed Hat officially shut down their mailing list notifications October 10, 2023. Due to this, Packet Storm has recreated the below data as a reference point to raise awareness. It must be noted that due to an inability to easily track revision updates without crawling Red Hat's archive, these advisories are single notifications and we strongly suggest that you visit the Red Hat provided links to ensure you have the latest information available if the subject matter listed pertains to your environment.- Packet Storm Staff====================================================================Red Hat Security AdvisorySynopsis: Important: bubblewrap and flatpak security updateAdvisory ID: RHSA-2024:6356-03Product: Red Hat Enterprise LinuxAdvisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6356Issue date: 2024-09-04Revision: 03CVE Names: CVE-2024-42472====================================================================Summary: An update for bubblewrap and flatpak is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.Description:Bubblewrap (/usr/bin/bwrap) is a core execution engine for unprivileged containers that works as a setuid binary on kernels without user namespaces.Security Fix(es):* flatpak: Access to files outside sandbox for apps using persistent= (--persist) (CVE-2024-42472)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.Solution:https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258CVEs:CVE-2024-42472References:https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#importantRelated news
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