[GH-ISSUE #1020] local root firejail ?? #694

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opened 2026-05-05 06:27:53 -06:00 by gitea-mirror · 7 comments
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Originally created by @kaskasbarakas on GitHub (Jan 4, 2017).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/1020

seems like someone just dropped a local root exploit for Firejail

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q1/20

Originally created by @kaskasbarakas on GitHub (Jan 4, 2017). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/1020 seems like someone just dropped a local root exploit for Firejail [http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q1/20](url)
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@netblue30 commented on GitHub (Jan 4, 2017):

I am looking into it, thanks!

<!-- gh-comment-id:270380867 --> @netblue30 commented on GitHub (Jan 4, 2017): I am looking into it, thanks!
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@valoq commented on GitHub (Jan 4, 2017):

I can confirm that the exploit is working.

<!-- gh-comment-id:270393534 --> @valoq commented on GitHub (Jan 4, 2017): I can confirm that the exploit is working.
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@netblue30 commented on GitHub (Jan 4, 2017):

Fixed on mainline git branch. New releases on LTS and bugfix branches coming up later this week.

<!-- gh-comment-id:270423190 --> @netblue30 commented on GitHub (Jan 4, 2017): Fixed on mainline git branch. New releases on LTS and bugfix branches coming up later this week.
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@andreasstieger commented on GitHub (Jan 4, 2017):

60d4b478f6

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@trou commented on GitHub (Jan 4, 2017):

I did not check the fix in detail but isn't there a race condition between is_link and actual use ?

<!-- gh-comment-id:270433276 --> @trou commented on GitHub (Jan 4, 2017): I did not check the fix in detail but isn't there a race condition between is_link and actual use ?
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@andreasstieger commented on GitHub (Jan 4, 2017):

This is CVE-2017-5180 (assignment)

<!-- gh-comment-id:270453342 --> @andreasstieger commented on GitHub (Jan 4, 2017): This is CVE-2017-5180 ([assignment](http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q1/21))
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@netblue30 commented on GitHub (Jan 4, 2017):

Fixing the fix: e74fdab5d2

<!-- gh-comment-id:270514760 --> @netblue30 commented on GitHub (Jan 4, 2017): Fixing the fix: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/commit/e74fdab5d2125ce8f058c1630ce7cce19cbdac16
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