CVE-2017-5180

Name	CVE-2017-5180
Description	Firejail before 0.9.44.4 and 0.9.38.x LTS before 0.9.38.8 LTS does not consider the .Xauthority case during its attempt to prevent accessing user files with an euid of zero, which allows local users to conduct sandbox-escape attacks via vectors involving a symlink and the --private option.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	850160

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
firejail (PTS)	stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch	0.9.58.2-2+deb9u1	fixed
	buster (security), buster, buster (lts)	0.9.58.2-2+deb10u3	fixed
	bullseye (security), bullseye	0.9.64.4-2+deb11u1	fixed
	sid, bookworm	0.9.72-2	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
firejail	source	(unstable)	0.9.44.2-3			850160

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/04/1
https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/1020