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Unscored CVE-2019-12499 EUVD-2019-4094GHSA-933r-r67f-x632

Firejail before 0.9.60 allows truncation (resizing to length 0) of the firejail binary on the host by running exploit code inside a firejai…

Published May 31, 2019 · Updated Aug 4, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Firejail before 0.9.60 allows truncation (resizing to length 0) of the firejail binary on the host by running exploit code inside a firejail sandbox and having the sandbox terminated. To succeed, certain conditions need to be fulfilled: The jail (with the exploit code inside) needs to be started as root, and it also needs to be terminated as root from the host (either by stopping it ungracefully (e.g., SIGKILL), or by using the --shutdown control command). This is similar to CVE-2019-5736.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 firejail 0.9.58.2-2 —
Debian 13 firejail 0.9.58.2-2 —
Debian 12 firejail 0.9.58.2-2 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS firejail No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS firejail No fix yet —

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