UBUNTU-CVE-2024-32462

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-32462
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-32462.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-32462
Upstream
Published
2024-04-18T18:15:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T05:09:10Z
Severity
  • 8.4 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux. in versions before 1.10.9, 1.12.9, 1.14.6, and 1.15.8, a malicious or compromised Flatpak app could execute arbitrary code outside its sandbox. Normally, the --command argument of flatpak run expects to be given a command to run in the specified Flatpak app, optionally along with some arguments. However it is possible to instead pass bwrap arguments to --command=, such as --bind. It's possible to pass an arbitrary commandline to the portal interface org.freedesktop.portal.Background.RequestBackground from within a Flatpak app. When this is converted into a --command and arguments, it achieves the same effect of passing arguments directly to bwrap, and thus can be used for a sandbox escape. The solution is to pass the -- argument to bwrap, which makes it stop processing options. This has been supported since bubblewrap 0.3.0. All supported versions of Flatpak require at least that version of bubblewrap. xdg-desktop-portal version 1.18.4 will mitigate this vulnerability by only allowing Flatpak apps to create .desktop files for commands that do not start with --. The vulnerability is patched in 1.15.8, 1.10.9, 1.12.9, and 1.14.6.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / flatpak

Package

Name
flatpak
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/flatpak@1.0.9-0ubuntu0.4?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

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
0.10.3-1
0.11.1-0ubuntu1
0.11.3-2
0.11.3-3
0.11.7-0ubuntu0.1

1.*

1.0.1-0ubuntu0.1
1.0.6-0ubuntu0.1
1.0.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
1.0.8-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
1.0.9-0ubuntu0.1
1.0.9-0ubuntu0.2
1.0.9-0ubuntu0.3
1.0.9-0ubuntu0.4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.0.9-0ubuntu0.4",
            "binary_name": "flatpak"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.0.9-0ubuntu0.4",
            "binary_name": "flatpak-tests"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.0.9-0ubuntu0.4",
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-flatpak-1.0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.0.9-0ubuntu0.4",
            "binary_name": "libflatpak-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.0.9-0ubuntu0.4",
            "binary_name": "libflatpak0"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / flatpak

Package

Name
flatpak
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/flatpak@1.6.5-0ubuntu0.5?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.4.3-1
1.6.0-1
1.6.1-1
1.6.2-1
1.6.3-1
1.6.5-0ubuntu0.1
1.6.5-0ubuntu0.2
1.6.5-0ubuntu0.3
1.6.5-0ubuntu0.4
1.6.5-0ubuntu0.5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.6.5-0ubuntu0.5",
            "binary_name": "flatpak"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.6.5-0ubuntu0.5",
            "binary_name": "flatpak-tests"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.6.5-0ubuntu0.5",
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-flatpak-1.0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.6.5-0ubuntu0.5",
            "binary_name": "libflatpak-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.6.5-0ubuntu0.5",
            "binary_name": "libflatpak0"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / flatpak

Package

Name
flatpak
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/flatpak@1.12.7-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.10.2-3
1.12.2-1
1.12.2-2
1.12.3-1
1.12.4-1
1.12.5-1
1.12.6-1
1.12.7-1
1.12.7-1ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.12.7-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "flatpak"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.12.7-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "flatpak-tests"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.12.7-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-flatpak-1.0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.12.7-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libflatpak-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.12.7-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libflatpak0"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / flatpak

Package

Name
flatpak
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/flatpak@1.14.6-1?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.14.6-1

Affected versions

1.*

1.14.4-2
1.14.5-1
1.14.5-1build1
1.14.5-1build4
1.14.5-1build5
1.14.5-1build6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.14.6-1",
            "binary_name": "flatpak"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.14.6-1",
            "binary_name": "flatpak-tests"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.14.6-1",
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-flatpak-1.0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.14.6-1",
            "binary_name": "libflatpak-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.14.6-1",
            "binary_name": "libflatpak0"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}