The vulnerability of the `check_attachment_for_errors` function in the `data/general-hooks/ubuntu.py` file of the Apport operating system’s error registration service allows a hacker to disclose protected information.

The vulnerability of the checkattachmentforerrors function in the data/general-hooks/ubuntu.py file of the Apport Ubuntu system registry service is related to a data leak regarding files and directories. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to disclose sensitive information that ...

The vulnerability of the read_file function in the Ubuntu operating system’s error reporting service, Apport, allows a hacker to disclose protected information.

The vulnerability of the readfile function in the Ubuntu operating system’s error reporting service apport is related to an incorrect limitation on the path name for the restricted access directory. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a attacker to disclose protected information...

USN-5122-2: Apport vulnerability

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...

USN-5122-2 apport vulnerability

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...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Apport vulnerability (USN-5122-2)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5122-2 advisory. USN-5122-1 fixed a vulnerability in Apport. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Tenable has extracted the...

PT-2021-28479

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Apport versions prior to the fixed version in Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM Description: A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges by tricking Apport into writing core files as root into arbitrary directori...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-5122-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

USN-5122-1: Apport vulnerability

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. This update will cause Apport to generate all core files in the /var/lib/apport/coredump directory...

USN-5122-1 apport vulnerability

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. This update will cause Apport to generate all core files in the /var/lib/apport/coredump directory...

PT-2021-28478

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Apport affected versions not specified Description: A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges by tricking Apport into writing core files as root into arbitrary directories in certain scenarios. The issue allows a...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Apport vulnerability (USN-5122-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5122-1 advisory. It was discovered that Apport could be tricked into writing core files as root into arbitrary directories in certain scenarios. A local attacker could...

CVE-2021-3710

An information disclosure via path traversal was discovered in apport/hookutils.py function readfile. This issue affects: apport 2.14.1 versions prior to 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm8; 2.20.1 versions prior to 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm2; 2.20.9 versions prior to 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.26; 2.20.11 versions prior ...

CVE-2021-3710

An information disclosure via path traversal was discovered in apport/hookutils.py function readfile. This issue affects: apport 2.14.1 versions prior to 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm8; 2.20.1 versions prior to 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm2; 2.20.9 versions prior to 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.26; 2.20.11 versions prior ...

CVE-2021-3709

Function checkattachmentforerrors in file data/general-hooks/ubuntu.py could be tricked into exposing private data via a constructed crash file. This issue affects: apport 2.14.1 versions prior to 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm8; 2.20.1 versions prior to 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm2; 2.20.9 versions prior to...

CVE-2021-3709

Function checkattachmentforerrors in file data/general-hooks/ubuntu.py could be tricked into exposing private data via a constructed crash file. This issue affects: apport 2.14.1 versions prior to 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm8; 2.20.1 versions prior to 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm2; 2.20.9 versions prior to...

Design/Logic Flaw

Function checkattachmentforerrors in file data/general-hooks/ubuntu.py could be tricked into exposing private data via a constructed crash file. This issue affects: apport 2.14.1 versions prior to 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm8; 2.20.1 versions prior to 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm2; 2.20.9 versions prior to...

Path traversal

An information disclosure via path traversal was discovered in apport/hookutils.py function readfile. This issue affects: apport 2.14.1 versions prior to 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm8; 2.20.1 versions prior to 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm2; 2.20.9 versions prior to 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.26; 2.20.11 versions prior ...

CVE-2021-3710 Apport info disclosure via path traversal bug in read_file

An information disclosure via path traversal was discovered in apport/hookutils.py function readfile. This issue affects: apport 2.14.1 versions prior to 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm8; 2.20.1 versions prior to 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm2; 2.20.9 versions prior to 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.26; 2.20.11 versions prior ...

CVE-2021-3710

An information disclosure via path traversal was discovered in apport/hookutils.py function readfile. This issue affects: apport 2.14.1 versions prior to 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm8; 2.20.1 versions prior to 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm2; 2.20.9 versions prior to 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.26; 2.20.11 versions prior ...

CVE-2021-3710

CVE-2021-3710 is an information disclosure via path traversal in the Ubuntu apport package. The vulnerability is in apport/hookutils.py read_file() and affects multiple versions prior to respective updates: 2.14.1, 2.20.1, 2.20.9, and 2.20.11 (specific Ubuntu-linked package revisions listed in th...