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Mageia 7 & 8: 2021-0120 Critical: Firejail Root Escalation Fix

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Calendar Grey March 11, 2021
Dist Mageia Esm H88
AppArmor security patch addresses root access vulnerability linked to OverlayFS. Update released on March 12, 2021.
Roman Fiedler discovered a vulnerability in the OverlayFS code in firejail, which could result in root privilege escalation

Summary

Roman Fiedler discovered a vulnerability in the OverlayFS code in firejail, which could result in root privilege escalation. This update disables OverlayFS support in firejail (CVE-2021-26910).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28322

- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2021/msg00030.html

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-26910

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update security fix vulnerability root escalation root privilege escalation firejail mageia overlayfs

Resolution

SRPMS

- 8/core/firejail-0.9.64-1.1.mga8

- 7/core/firejail-0.9.56-2.3.mga7

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Publication date: 12 Mar 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0120.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2021-26910

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update security fix vulnerability root escalation root privilege escalation firejail mageia overlayfs

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