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Debian DSA-4849-1: Firejail Privilege Escalation Mitigated

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Calendar Grey February 9, 2021
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Debian Security Notice DSA-4850-1 tackles an issue in firejail's Seccomp implementation, mitigating potential risks of unauthorized access.
Roman Fiedler discovered a vulnerability in the OverlayFS code in firejail, a sandbox program to restrict the running environment of untrusted applications, which could result in r...

Summary

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.9.58.2-2+deb10u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your firejail packages.

For the detailed security status of firejail please refer to its
security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/firejail

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: firejail
CVE ID: CVE-2021-26910

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