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Message-ID: <af227933-a69f-6a1f-5ab1-00a1031e8819@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 07:37:54 +0200
From: Florian Weimer <fweimer@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com, Simon McVittie <smcv@...ian.org>
Subject: Re: CVE-2017-9780: Flatpak: privilege escalation via
setuid/world-writable file permissions
On 06/22/2017 11:01 PM, Simon McVittie wrote:
> * If you are using Flatpak to install apps from a third-party vendor,
> then there is already a trust relationship: the app is sandboxed, but
> the third-party vendor chooses what parameters are used for the sandbox.
Doesn't this qualify as a vulnerability in its own right? Flatpak
advertises countermeasures against malicious applications:
“
Secure, sandboxed applications
Flatpak's sandboxing technology prevents exploits and hinders malicious
applications.
”
But maybe it's like selling a VPN which isn't encrypted.
Thanks,
Florian
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