CVE-2017-5180

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Firejail versions prior to 0.9.44.4 Firejail versions 0.9.38.x prior to 0.9.38.8 LTS

Description The issue allows local users to conduct sandbox-escape attacks via vectors involving a symlink and the --private option, due to the software not considering the .Xauthority case during its attempt to prevent accessing user files with an euid of zero.

Recommendations For Firejail versions prior to 0.9.44.4, update to version 0.9.44.4 or later. For Firejail versions 0.9.38.x prior to 0.9.38.8 LTS, update to version 0.9.38.8 LTS or later.