Firejail up to 0.9.59 seccomp Filter access control

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A vulnerability was found in Firejail up to 0.9.59. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component seccomp Filter Handler. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2019-12589. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Firejail up to 0.9.59. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component seccomp Filter Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In Firejail before 0.9.60, seccomp filters are writable inside the jail, leading to a lack of intended seccomp restrictions for a process that is joined to the jail after a filter has been modified by an attacker.

The weakness was disclosed 06/03/2019 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at lists.fedoraproject.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-12589 since 06/02/2019. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 0.9.60 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Firejail

Version

• 0.9.0
• 0.9.1
• 0.9.2
• 0.9.3
• 0.9.4
• 0.9.5
• 0.9.6
• 0.9.7
• 0.9.8
• 0.9.9
• 0.9.10
• 0.9.11
• 0.9.12
• 0.9.13
• 0.9.14
• 0.9.15
• 0.9.16
• 0.9.17
• 0.9.18
• 0.9.19
• 0.9.20
• 0.9.21
• 0.9.22
• 0.9.23
• 0.9.24
• 0.9.25
• 0.9.26
• 0.9.27
• 0.9.28
• 0.9.29
• 0.9.30
• 0.9.31
• 0.9.32
• 0.9.33
• 0.9.34
• 0.9.35
• 0.9.36
• 0.9.37
• 0.9.38
• 0.9.39
• 0.9.40
• 0.9.41
• 0.9.42
• 0.9.43
• 0.9.44
• 0.9.45
• 0.9.46
• 0.9.47
• 0.9.48
• 0.9.49
• 0.9.50
• 0.9.51
• 0.9.52
• 0.9.53
• 0.9.54
• 0.9.55
• 0.9.56
• 0.9.57
• 0.9.58
• 0.9.59

License

• open-source

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