UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6560

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6560
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6560.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6560
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:44:30Z
Published
2018-02-02T14:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-17T16:53:52Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

In dbus-proxy/flatpak-proxy.c in Flatpak before 0.8.9, and 0.9.x and 0.10.x before 0.10.3, crafted D-Bus messages to the host can be used to break out of the sandbox, because whitespace handling in the proxy is not identical to whitespace handling in the daemon.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / flatpak

Package

Name
flatpak
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/flatpak@0.10.3-1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.10.3-1

Affected versions

0.*

0.8.7-5
0.10.0-1
0.10.0-2
0.10.1-1
0.10.2-1
0.10.2.1-1
0.10.2.1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "flatpak",
            "binary_version": "0.10.3-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "flatpak-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "0.10.3-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "flatpak-tests",
            "binary_version": "0.10.3-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "flatpak-tests-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "0.10.3-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-flatpak-1.0",
            "binary_version": "0.10.3-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libflatpak-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.10.3-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libflatpak-doc",
            "binary_version": "0.10.3-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libflatpak0",
            "binary_version": "0.10.3-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libflatpak0-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "0.10.3-1"
        }
    ]
}