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[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201701-62 ] Firejail: Multiple vulnerabilities

Posted on 24 January 2017
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From: Aaron Bauman <bman@gentoo.org>
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Subject: [ GLSA 201701-62 ] Firejail: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201701-62
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https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Firejail: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: January 24, 2017
Bugs: #604758
ID: 201701-62

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

Background
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A SUID program that reduces the risk of security breaches by
restricting the running environment of untrusted applications using
Linux namespaces and seccomp-bpf.

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

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Firejail. Please
review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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An attacker could possibly bypass sandbox protection, cause a Denial of
Service condition, or escalate privileges.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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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
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[ 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
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-62

Concerns?
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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.

License
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Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5


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