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openSUSE Leap 15.2: 2021:0271-1 Important Firejail Escalation Risk

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Calendar Grey February 10, 2021
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
The latest update for firejail addresses three critical vulnerabilities in openSUSE, significantly boosting both security and reliability for users of Leap 15.2.
An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available

Description

This update for firejail fixes the following issues:

firejail 0.9.64.4 is shipped to openSUSE Leap 15.2

- CVE-2021-26910: Fixed root privilege escalation due to race condition

(boo#1181990)

Update to 0.9.64.4:

* disabled overlayfs, pending multiple fixes

* fixed launch firefox for open url in telegram-desktop.profile

Update to 0.9.64.2:

* allow --tmpfs inside $HOME for unprivileged users * --disable-usertmpfs compile time option

* allow AF_BLUETOOTH via --protocol=bluetooth

* setup guide for new users: contrib/firejail-welcome.sh

* implement netns in profiles

* added nolocal6.net IPv6 network filter

* new profiles: spectacle, chromium-browser-privacy, gtk-straw-viewer,

gtk-youtube-viewer, gtk2-youtube-viewer, gtk3-youtube-viewer,

straw-viewer, lutris, dolphin-emu, authenticator-rs, servo, npm, marker,

yarn, lsar, unar, agetpkg, mdr, shotwell, qnapi, new profiles: guvcview,

pkglog, kdiff3, CoyIM.

Update to...

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Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-271=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (x86_64):

firejail-0.9.64.4-lp152.3.6.1

firejail-debuginfo-0.9.64.4-lp152.3.6.1

firejail-debugsource-0.9.64.4-lp152.3.6.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-17367.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-17368.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-26910.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1181990

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:0271-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.2 .

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