GLSA-201702-03 : Firejail: Privilege escalation

high Nessus Plugin ID 97092

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201702-03 (Firejail: Privilege escalation)

The unaffected packages listed in GLSA 201612-48 had an incomplete fix as reported by Sebastian Krahmer of SuSE. This has been properly patched in the latest releases.
Impact :

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

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Firejail users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-apps/firejail-0.9.44.8' All Firejail-lts users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-apps/firejail-lts-0.9.38.10'

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 97092

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201702-03.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 2/10/2017

Updated: 1/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-5940

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:firejail, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:firejail-lts, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/9/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5940

GLSA: 201702-03

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