Flatsonar

OpenCPN

by The OpenCPN Community

Chartplotter and Navigation tool

Dangerous permissions Flathub reviewed GPL-2.0+ v5.14.0-1+91f3b67

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About

A cross-platform ship-borne GUI navigation application made up by a core program, a large set of plugins and freely available charts. The application is configurable with user icon. The core supports:

  • GPS/GPSD Position Input and Display
  • BSB Raster Chart display
  • S57 Vector ENC and CM93 chart display
  • AIS Input Decoding and Display
  • Waypoint Autopilot Navigation

Plugin support includes wheather, tactical, annotations and tidal data. Pilot charts can be downloaded from project website at opencpn.org. Other useful add-ons may be found inside the "Download" link at at the same site.

Permissions

7 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • all devices (/dev): webcams, disks, raw hardware
    --device=all
  • X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
    --socket=x11
  • full access to your home folder
    --filesystem=home
  • access to operating-system files
    --filesystem=host-etc:ro
  • CAN bus sockets
    --allow=canbus
  • session management (logout, suspend)
    --system-talk-name=org.freedesktop.login1
  • systemd: can manage services
    --system-talk-name=org.freedesktop.systemd1
  • network
    --share=network
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • audio
    --socket=pulseaudio

Who publishes this

On Flathub: the manifest was reviewed and built on Flathub's infrastructure, but the developer has not verified ownership of the app id.

  • fetches from www.portaudio.com over unencrypted http: anyone on the path can swap the bytes (x2)
    source:insecure-url
  • on Flathub: manifest reviewed and built by Flathub; the developer has not verified the app id
    publisher:flathub

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