Ubuntu 7046-1: Flatpak and Bubblewrap Security Advisory Updates
Summary
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Summary: Flatpak could be made to read and write files in locations it would not normally have access to. Software Description: - bubblewrap: utility for unprivileged chroot and namespace manipulation - flatpak: Application deployment framework for desktop apps Details: It was discovered that Flatpak incorrectly handled certain persisted directories. An attacker could possibly use this issue to read and write files in locations it would not normally have access to. A patch was also needed to Bubblewrap in order to avoid race conditions caused by this fix.
Update Instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS bubblewrap 0.9.0-1ubuntu0.1 flatpak 1.14.6-1ubuntu0.1 libflatpak0 1.14.6-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS bubblewrap 0.6.1-1ubuntu0.1 flatpak 1.12.7-1ubuntu0.1 libflatpak0 1.12.7-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS bubblewrap 0.4.0-1ubuntu4.1 flatpak 1.6.5-0ubuntu0.5 libflatpak0 1.6.5-0ubuntu0.5 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7046-1
CVE-2024-42472, https://launchpad.net/bugs/2077087
Package Information
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bubblewrap/0.9.0-1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flatpak/1.14.6-1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bubblewrap/0.6.1-1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flatpak/1.12.7-1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bubblewrap/0.4.0-1ubuntu4.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flatpak/1.6.5-0ubuntu0.5