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CVE-2021-42762

Published: 20 October 2021

BubblewrapLauncher.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.

Notes

AuthorNote
jdstrand
webkit receives limited support. For details, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/FAQ#webkit
webkit in Ubuntu uses the JavaScriptCore (JSC) engine, not V8
mdeslaur
the bubblewrap sandbox is disabled in bionic

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.3

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
qtwebkit-opensource-src
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needs triage

focal Needs triage

hirsute Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
impish Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
jammy Needs triage

kinetic Needs triage

lunar Needs triage

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Needs triage

qtwebkit-source
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needs triage

focal Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Needs triage

webkit2gtk
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(code not enabled)
focal
Released (2.34.1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)
hirsute
Released (2.34.1-0ubuntu0.21.04.1)
impish
Released (2.34.1-0ubuntu0.21.10.1)
jammy
Released (2.34.1-1ubuntu1)
kinetic
Released (2.34.1-1ubuntu1)
lunar
Released (2.34.1-1ubuntu1)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.34.1)
xenial Deferred

webkitgtk
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needs triage

focal Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Needs triage

wpewebkit
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Needs triage

hirsute Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
impish Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
jammy Needs triage

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.3
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L