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CVE-2018-6560

Status: ModifiedHigh (8.8)—

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.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (7)

Flatpak — FlatpakRedhat — Enterprise Linux DesktopRedhat — Enterprise Linux ServerRedhat — Enterprise Linux Server AUSRedhat — Enterprise Linux Server EUSRedhat — Enterprise Linux Server TUSRedhat — Enterprise Linux Workstation

CWEs

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