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CVE-2017-5206

Firejail before 0.9.44.4, when running on a Linux kernel before 4.8, allows context-dependent attackers to bypass a seccomp-based sandbox protection mechanism via the --allow-debuggers argument.

Published

2017-03-23T16:59:00.417

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 9.0 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	firejail_project	firejail	< 0.9.44.4	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 4.8	No

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/07/5 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97120 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://blog.lizzie.io/linux-containers-in-500-loc.html#fn.51 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://firejail.wordpress.com/download-2/release-notes/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/commit/6b8dba29d73257311564ee7f27b9b14758cc693e Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-62 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/07/5 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97120 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://blog.lizzie.io/linux-containers-in-500-loc.html#fn.51 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://firejail.wordpress.com/download-2/release-notes/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/commit/6b8dba29d73257311564ee7f27b9b14758cc693e Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-62 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)