# CVE-2018-6560: 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-02-02 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

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## References

- https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/commit/52346bf187b5a7f1c0fe9075b328b7ad6abe78f6
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2766
- https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/releases/tag/0.10.3
- https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/releases/tag/0.8.9

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