CVE-2018-6560
N/A
Published: February 2, 2018 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:02 AM UTC
7 products affected across 2 vendorsEnterprise Linux DesktopEnterprise Linux ServerEnterprise Linux Workstation
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 0.8.90.10.0 ≤ v < 0.10.30.9.1 ≤ v ≤ 0.9.99
Affected range stops below 0.10.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 0.8.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
95%
Enterprise Linux Server· Red Hatrubygems
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Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2766x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/commit/52346bf187b5a7f1c0fe9075b328b7ad6abe78f6x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease Notes
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/releases/tag/0.10.3x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease Notes
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/releases/tag/0.8.9Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-436
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