CVE-2021-42762

Summary

CVECVE-2021-42762
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-10-20 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:39:00 UTC
DescriptionBubblewrapLauncher.cpp in WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit before 2.34.1 allows a limited sandbox bypass that allows a sandboxed process to trick host processes into thinking the sandboxed process is not confined by the sandbox, by abusing VFS syscalls that manipulate its filesystem namespace. The impact is limited to host services that create UNIX sockets that WebKit mounts inside its sandbox, and the sandboxed process remains otherwise confined. NOTE: this is similar to CVE-2021-41133.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 35 All All All
Application Webkitgtk Webkitgtk All All All All
Application Wpewebkit Wpe Webkit All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit Security Advisory WSA-2021-0006 MLIST www.openwall.com
231479 – [WPE][GTK] Limited sandbox escape via VFS syscalls MISC bugs.webkit.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: webkit2gtk3-2.34.1-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4995-1 webkit2gtk DEBIAN www.debian.org
oss-security - WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit Security Advisory WSA-2021-0006 MLIST www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: webkit2gtk3-2.34.1-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: webkit2gtk3-2.34.1-2.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: webkit2gtk3-2.34.1-2.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - Re: WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit Security Advisory WSA-2021-0006 MLIST www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: webkit2gtk3-2.34.1-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - Re: WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit Security Advisory WSA-2021-0006 MLIST www.openwall.com
CVE-2021-41133: Sandbox bypass via recent VFS-manipulating syscalls · Advisory · flatpak/flatpak · GitHub MISC github.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4996-1 wpewebkit DEBIAN www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: webkit2gtk3-2.34.1-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 178857 Debian Security Update for webkit2gtk (DSA 4995-1)
  • 178858 Debian Security Update for wpewebkit (DSA 4996-1)
  • 183506 Debian Security Update for webkit2gtkwpewebkit (CVE-2021-42762)
  • 198555 Ubuntu Security Notification for WebKitGTK Vulnerabilities (USN-5127-1)
  • 282041 Fedora Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (FEDORA-2021-483d896d1d)
  • 282042 Fedora Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (FEDORA-2021-131360fa9a)
  • 296061 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 42.113.1 Missing (CPUJAN2022)
  • 354436 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for webkit2gtk3 : ALAS2022-2022-015
  • 355438 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for webkitgtk4 : ALAS2-2023-2088
  • 502199 Alpine Linux Security Update for webkit2gtk
  • 710570 Gentoo Linux WebkitGTK+ Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202202-01)
  • 751325 OpenSUSE Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (openSUSE-SU-2021:1454-1)
  • 751333 OpenSUSE Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (openSUSE-SU-2021:3603-1)
  • 751392 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2021:3769-1)
  • 751394 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2021:3768-1)
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