CVE-2016-10118 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Firejail allows local users to truncate /etc/resolv.conf via a chroot command to /.

Published: 2017-04-13

Score: 3.3 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:firejail_project:firejail:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-1309	Firejail allows local users to truncate /etc/resolv.conf via a chroot command to /.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00045.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/05/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/06/2

History

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Subscriptions

Firejail Project Firejail

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-04-13T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T03:07:32.222Z

Reserved: 2017-01-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-10118

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-04-13T14:59:01.277

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-10118

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

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