Gentoo 2017:01-62 Normal: Firejail Privilege Escalation Threats
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January 24, 2017
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Firejail, the worst of which may allow privilege escalation.
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Firejail. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Resolution
All Firejail users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/firejail-0.9.44.4"
All Firejail-lts users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/firejail-lts-0.9.38.8"
All Firejail-lts users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/firejail-lts-0.9.38.8"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2017-5180 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5180 [ 2 ] CVE-2017-5206 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5206 [ 3 ] CVE-2017-5207 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5207
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-62
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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: January 24, 2017
Bugs: #604758
ID: 201701-62
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 < 0.9.44.4 >= 0.9.44.4
2 sys-apps/firejail-lts < 0.9.38.8 >= 0.9.38.8
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2 affected packages
Impact
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An attacker could possibly bypass sandbox protection, cause a Denial of
Service condition, or escalate privileges.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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