CVE-2017-5226

Summary

CVECVE-2017-5226
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-29 20:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-03-17 12:15:00 UTC
DescriptionWhen executing a program via the bubblewrap sandbox, the nonpriv session can escape to the parent session by using the TIOCSTI ioctl to push characters into the terminal's input buffer, allowing an attacker to escape the sandbox.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Projectatomic Bubblewrap All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit Security Advisory WSA-2020-0006 MLIST www.openwall.com
Call setsid() before executing sandboxed code (CVE-2017-5226) · projectatomic/bubblewrap@d7fc532 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch
Bubblewrap CVE-2017-5226 Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
1411811 – (CVE-2017-5226) CVE-2017-5226 bubblewrap: Nonprivileged session can escape to the parent session by using the TIOCSTI ioctl CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch
oss-security - TTY pushback vulnerabilities / TIOCSTI MISC www.openwall.com
CVE-2017-5226 -- bubblewrap escape via TIOCSTI ioctl · Issue #142 · projectatomic/bubblewrap · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
oss-security - flatpak: CVE-2023-28100: TIOCLINUX can send commands outside sandbox if running on a virtual console MLIST www.openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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