Product Errata

RLSA-2022:1792

Moderate: flatpak security and bug fix update

Topic

An update is available for flatpak.

This update affects Rocky Linux 8.

A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list

Description

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

Security Fix(es):

* flatpak: Permissions granted to applications can be hidden from the user at install time (CVE-2021-43860)

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 Rocky Linux 8.6 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Issued: 5/10/2022

Type: Security

Severity: Moderate

Affected Product

  • Rocky Linux 8

Fixes

CVEs

References

  • No references