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Ubuntu: USN-2609-1 (CVE-2015-1325): Apport vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-2609-1 (CVE-2015-1325): Apport vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/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

Race condition in 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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-apport

References

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