Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-5206 - Security Bypass vulnerability in Firejail

047910
CVSS 6.8 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
firejail-project
linux
nessus

Summary

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.

Nessus

NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201701-62.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201701-62 (Firejail: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Firejail. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : An attacker could possibly bypass sandbox protection, cause a Denial of Service condition, or escalate privileges. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id96748
published2017-01-25
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96748
titleGLSA-201701-62 : Firejail: Multiple vulnerabilities
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201701-62.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(96748);
  script_version("3.6");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/04/10 16:10:17");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-5180", "CVE-2017-5206", "CVE-2017-5207");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201701-62");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-201701-62 : Firejail: Multiple vulnerabilities");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201701-62
(Firejail: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Firejail. Please review
      the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  
Impact :

    An attacker could possibly bypass sandbox protection, cause a Denial of
      Service condition, or escalate privileges.
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-62"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"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'"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:firejail");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:firejail-lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/01/24");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/01/25");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"sys-apps/firejail-lts", unaffected:make_list("ge 0.9.38.8"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 0.9.38.8"))) flag++;
if (qpkg_check(package:"sys-apps/firejail", unaffected:make_list("ge 0.9.44.4"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 0.9.44.4"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "Firejail");
}