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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-5940: Firejail: Privilege escalation

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-5940: Firejail: Privilege escalation

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/09/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Firejail before 0.9.44.6 and 0.9.38.x LTS before 0.9.38.10 LTS does not comprehensively address dotfile cases during its attempt to prevent accessing user files with an euid of zero, which allows local users to conduct sandbox-escape attacks via vectors involving a symlink and the --private option. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-5180.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-apps-firejail
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-apps-firejail-lts

References

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