USN-5141-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5141-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5141-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-5141-1
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Published
2021-11-11T07:52:38.881025Z
Modified
2021-11-11T07:52:38.881025Z
Summary
firejail vulnerability
Details

Roman Fiedler discovered that a race condition existed in Firejail when using OverlayFS to prevent writes to the underlying file system. A local attacker could use this to gain administrative privileges. Note: this update disables support for OverlayFS in Firejail.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / firejail

Package

Name
firejail
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/firejail?arch=src?distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.9.62-3ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.9.60-2
0.9.62-1
0.9.62-2
0.9.62-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.9.62-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "firejail"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.9.62-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "firejail-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.9.62-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "firejail-profiles"
        }
    ]
}