Security
Security
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Firejail, the worst of which may allow privilege escalation.
| Package | sys-apps/firejail on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 0.9.44.4 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 0.9.44.4 |
| Package | sys-apps/firejail-lts on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 0.9.38.8 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 0.9.38.8 |
A SUID program that reduces the risk of security breaches by restricting the running environment of untrusted applications using Linux namespaces and seccomp-bpf.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Firejail. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
An attacker could possibly bypass sandbox protection, cause a Denial of Service condition, or escalate privileges.
There is no known workaround at this time.
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"
Release date
January 24, 2017
Latest revision
January 31, 2017: 2
Severity
normal
Exploitable
local, remote
Bugzilla entries