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Gentoo 2017:01-62 Normal: Firejail Privilege Escalation Threats

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Calendar Grey January 24, 2017
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Numerous security flaws discovered in Firejail. Crucial patches needed to address threats and safeguard system integrity.
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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo privilege escalation threat system update normal severity firejail

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"

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.

Severity: Normal
Title: Firejail: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: January 24, 2017
Bugs: #604758
ID: 201701-62

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo privilege escalation threat system update normal severity firejail

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Firejail, the worst of which may allow privilege escalation.

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

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 affected packages

Impact

===== 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.