UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5206

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5206

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5206.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5206

Upstream

CVE-2017-5206

Published

2017-03-23T16:59:00Z

Modified

2025-09-08T16:44:06Z

Severity

9.0 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Ubuntu - medium

Summary

[none]

Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / firejail

Package

Name: firejail
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/firejail@0.9.38.10-0ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.9.28-1

0.9.32-1

0.9.34-1

0.9.36-1

0.9.38-1

0.9.38-1ubuntu0.1

0.9.38.10-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "firejail",
            "binary_version": "0.9.38.10-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        }
    ]
}