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GLSA-201612-48 : Firejail: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 96128

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201612-48 (Firejail: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Firejail. Please review upstream’s release notes below for details.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could possibly bypass sandbox protection, cause a Denial of Service condition, or change a system’s DNS server.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Firejail users should switch to the newly added LTS version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-apps/firejail-lts-0.9.38.6' Users who want to stay on the current branch should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-apps/firejail-0.9.44.2'

See Also

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

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-48

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 96128

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201612-48.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Published: 12/27/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:firejail, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:firejail-lts, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 12/27/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/27/2016

Reference Information

GLSA: 201612-48