[Bug 1617617] Re: Firewall configuration can be modified by any logged in user

[Lucas Kocia]

I've subscribed ubuntu_sponsors in an effort to get this fix to the next
xenial SRU release. Until then you can find the patched version on my
ppa:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/lkocia/firewalld/ubuntu xenial main 
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/lkocia/firewalld/ubuntu xenial main

(Add above two lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list)

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Title:
  Firewall configuration can be modified by any logged in user

Status in firewalld package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in firewalld source package in Xenial:
  Fix Released
Status in firewalld package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Copying from the Debian bug:

  ---
  The following vulnerability was published for firewalld.

  CVE-2016-5410[0]:
  Firewall configuration can be modified by any logged in user

  If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
  CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

  For further information see:

  [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5410
  [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1360135
  [2] http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q3/291
  [3] https://github.com/t-woerner/firewalld/commit/0371995a58ec4c777960007b7dbee93933f760cb
  ---

  This only affects firewalld >= 0.3.12 & < 0.4.3.3 (so trusty is not
  affected).

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