CVE-2021-25682 apport improperly parses /proc/pid/status

2021-06-1102:20:19

CWE-20

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cve-2021-25682

get_pid_info function

kernel file

CVSS3

8.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

8.4

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

18.5%

JSON

It was discovered that the get_pid_info() function in data/apport did not properly parse the /proc/pid/status file from the kernel.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "apport",
    "vendor": "Canonical",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "2.20.1",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "lessThan": "2.20.9-0ubuntu7.23",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "2.20.9",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "lessThan": "2.20.11-0ubuntu27.16",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "2.20.11-0ubuntu27",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "lessThan": "2.20.11-0ubuntu50.5",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "2.20.11-0ubuntu50",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]