Firejail is vulnerable to the escalation of privileges due to an
incomplete fix for CVE-2017-5180.

Background
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A SUID program that reduces the risk of security breaches by
restricting the running environment of untrusted applications using
Linux namespaces and seccomp-bpf.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  sys-apps/firejail           < 0.9.44.8               >= 0.9.44.8
  2  sys-apps/firejail-lts      < 0.9.38.10              >= 0.9.38.10
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     2 affected packages

Description
===========

The unaffected packages listed in GLSA 201612-48 had an incomplete fix
as reported by Sebastian Krahmer of SuSE. This has been properly
patched in the latest releases.

Impact
======

An attacker could possibly bypass sandbox protection, cause a Denial of
Service condition, or escalate privileges.