Bug 1384393 (CVE-2016-8659)

Summary:	CVE-2016-8659 bubblewrap: Privilege escalation via PR_SET_DUMPABLE flag
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	alexl, lsm5, mclasen, ngompa13, walters
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Description Andrej Nemec 2016-10-13 08:44:26 UTC

A local privilege escalation vulnerability was found in bubblewrap. Possible misuse of PR_SET_DUMPABLE flag might result in arbitrary code execution.

References:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/105

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2016-10-13 08:45:24 UTC

Created bubblewrap tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1384394]

Comment 2 Andrej Nemec 2016-10-13 13:17:09 UTC

Upstream bug:

https://github.com/projectatomic/bubblewrap/issues/107