CVE-2017-5206

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    CVE-2017-5206

    Published: 23 Mar 2017Last Modified: 11 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97120, https://blog.lizzie.io/linux-containers-in-500-loc.html#fn.51, https://firejail.wordpress.com/download-2/release-notes/, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/07/5, https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/commit/6b8dba29d73257311564ee7f27b9b14758cc693e, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-62

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -e0422ca2be6482f375400562b68e9d72d739964b

    Affected versions

    0.9.30
    0.9.30-rc1
    0.9.32
    0.9.32-rc1
    0.9.34
    0.9.34-rc1
    0.9.36
    0.9.36-rc1
    0.9.38
    0.9.38-rc1
    0.9.40
    0.9.40-rc1
    0.9.42
    0.9.42-rc1
    0.9.42-rc2
    0.9.44
    0.9.44-rc1
    0.9.44.2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High