=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5141-1
November 11, 2021

firejail vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Summary:

Firejail could be made to overwrite files as the administrator.

Software Description:
- firejail: Application sandbox

Details:

Roman Fiedler discovered that a race condition existed in Firejail
when using OverlayFS to prevent writes to the underlying file system. A
local attacker could use this to gain administrative privileges. Note:
this update disables support for OverlayFS in Firejail.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  firejail                        0.9.62-3ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5141-1
  CVE-2021-26910

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firejail/0.9.62-3ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 5141-1: Firejail vulnerability

November 11, 2021
Firejail could be made to overwrite files as the administrator.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: firejail 0.9.62-3ubuntu0.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5141-1

CVE-2021-26910

Severity
November 11, 2021

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firejail/0.9.62-3ubuntu0.1

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