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Ubuntu: USN-5122-2: Apport vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-5122-2: Apport vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/26/2021
Created
10/29/2021
Added
10/27/2021
Modified
03/28/2022

Description

USN-5122-1 fixed a vulnerability in Apport. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Apport could be tricked into writing core files as root into arbitrary directories in certain scenarios. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. On Ubuntu 16.04 ESM This update will cause Apport to generate all core files in the /var/lib/apport/coredump directory. On Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, core file generation has been disabled by default.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-apport
  • ubuntu-upgrade-python3-apport

References

  • USN-5122-1
  • USN-5122-2

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