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Ubuntu: USN-2609-1 (CVE-2015-1324): Apport vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-2609-1 (CVE-2015-1324): Apport vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
08/25/2017
Created
11/09/2024
Added
11/08/2024
Modified
12/23/2024

Description

Apport before 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1 as packaged in Ubuntu 15.04, before 2.14.70ubuntu8.5 as packaged in Ubuntu 14.10, before 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11 as packaged in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and before 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.9 as packaged in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS allow local users to write to arbitrary files and gain root privileges by leveraging incorrect handling of permissions when generating core dumps for setuid binaries.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-apport

References

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