CVE-2017-5940

Name	CVE-2017-5940
Description	Firejail before 0.9.44.6 and 0.9.38.x LTS before 0.9.38.10 LTS does not comprehensively address dotfile cases 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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-5180.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
firejail (PTS)	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)	0.9.44.6-1

Notes

Changelog mentions the new fix for CVE-2017-5180 in RELNOTES for 0.9.44.6
an needs series of commits after 0.9.44.4
https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/blob/0.9.44.6/RELNOTES
https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/commit/38d418505e9ee2d326557e5639e8da49c298858f (0.9.44.6)
https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/commit/b8a4ff9775318ca5e679183884a6a63f3da8f863 (0.9.44.6)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/29/4