Access Restriction Bypass The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package firejail  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1610-FIREJAIL-623283
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed13 Apr 2017

Introduced: 13 Apr 2017

CVE-2016-10117  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firejail package and not the firejail package as distributed by Ubuntu.

Firejail does not restrict access to --tmpfs, which allows local users to gain privileges, as demonstrated by mounting over /etc.