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CVE-2017-5206

critical

Description

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

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-62

https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/commit/6b8dba29d73257311564ee7f27b9b14758cc693e

https://blog.lizzie.io/linux-containers-in-500-loc.html#fn.51

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97120

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/07/5

https://firejail.wordpress.com/download-2/release-notes/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-03-23

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0241