Gentoo: GLSA-201612-48 Firejail Sandbox Bypass - Normal Severity
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December 27, 2016
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Firejail, the worst of which may allow bypassing of sandbox protection.
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Firejail. Please review upstream's release notes below for details.
Topics Covered
Resolution
All Firejail users should switch to the newly added LTS version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/firejail-lts-0.9.38.6"
Users who want to stay on the current branch should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/firejail-0.9.44.2"
Users who want to stay on the current branch should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/firejail-0.9.44.2"
References
[ 1 ] Firejail Release Notes https://firejail.wordpress.com/download-2/release-notes/
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-48
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Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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Severity: Normal
Title: Firejail: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: December 27, 2016
Bugs: #601994
ID: 201612-48
Topics Covered
Background
A SUID program that reduces the risk of security breaches by
restricting the running environment of untrusted applications using
Linux namespaces and seccomp-bpf.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 sys-apps/firejail < 0.9.44.2 >= 0.9.44.2
2 sys-apps/firejail-lts >= 0.9.38.6
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2 affected packages
Impact
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A remote attacker could possibly bypass sandbox protection, cause a
Denial of Service condition, or change a system's DNS server.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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