USN-4171-6 apport regression

USN-4171-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Apport. The update caused a regression when handling configuration files. This update fixes the problem, and also introduces further hardening measures. Original advisory details: Kevin Backhouse discovered Apport would read its user-controlled settings file as...

USN-4171-6: Apport regression

USN-4171-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Apport. The update caused a regression when handling configuration files. This update fixes the problem, and also introduces further hardening measures. Original advisory details: Kevin Backhouse discovered Apport would read its user-controlled settings file as...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Apport regression (USN-4171-6)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4171-6 advisory. USN-4171-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Apport. The update caused a regression when handling configuration files. This update fixes the proble...

USN-4449-2: Apport vulnerabilities

USN-4449-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Apport. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Ryota Shiga working with Trend Micro´s Zero Day Initiative, discovered that Apport incorrectly dropped privileges when making certain D-Bus calls. A...

USN-4449-2 apport vulnerabilities

USN-4449-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Apport. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Ryota Shiga working with Trend Micro´s Zero Day Initiative, discovered that Apport incorrectly dropped privileges when making certain D-Bus calls. A...

The vulnerability of the Apport error registration service, related to errors in the code, allows a violator to read arbitrary files.

The vulnerability of the Apport error logging service is related to errors in the code. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to read arbitrary files through specially crafted D-Bus calls...

The vulnerability of the check_ignored() function in the Apport error logging service allows a violator to trigger a service failure.

The vulnerability of the checkignored function in the apport/report.py file of the Apport error reporting service is related to improper handling of exceptional states. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a service failure...

Vulnerabilities fixed in Ubuntu

Ubuntu has fixed vulnerabilities in the apport component. Apport collects data about stuck processes and compiles reports automatically that can be shared with developers shared. For the stable-version of Ubuntu, apport is disabled. The vulnerabilities allow a malicious person to perform attacks...

The vulnerability of the Apport error registration service arises from insufficient checks on the status of the shared resource. This allows attackers to elevate their privileges and execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the Apport error logging service exists due to insufficient checks on the status of the shared resource. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow attackers to enhance their privileges and execute arbitrary code...

Canonical Ubuntu apport Unnecessary Privileges Information Disclosure Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows local attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of Canonical Ubuntu. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the appo...

Canonical Ubuntu apport Time-Of-Check Time-Of-Use Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Canonical Ubuntu. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the apport package...

CVE-2020-15701

An unhandled exception in checkignored in apport/report.py can be exploited by a local attacker to cause a denial of service. If the mtime attribute is a string value in apport-ignore.xml, it will trigger an unhandled exception, resulting in a crash. Fixed in 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.24, 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.1...

CVE-2020-15702

TOCTOU Race Condition vulnerability in apport allows a local attacker to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code. An attacker may exit the crashed process and exploit PID recycling to spawn a root process with the same PID as the crashed process, which can then be used to escalate...

CVE-2020-15702

TOCTOU Race Condition vulnerability in apport allows a local attacker to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code. An attacker may exit the crashed process and exploit PID recycling to spawn a root process with the same PID as the crashed process, which can then be used to escalate...

CVE-2020-15701

An unhandled exception in checkignored in apport/report.py can be exploited by a local attacker to cause a denial of service. If the mtime attribute is a string value in apport-ignore.xml, it will trigger an unhandled exception, resulting in a crash. Fixed in 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.24, 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.1...

Code injection

An unhandled exception in checkignored in apport/report.py can be exploited by a local attacker to cause a denial of service. If the mtime attribute is a string value in apport-ignore.xml, it will trigger an unhandled exception, resulting in a crash. Fixed in 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.24, 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.1...

Race condition

TOCTOU Race Condition vulnerability in apport allows a local attacker to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code. An attacker may exit the crashed process and exploit PID recycling to spawn a root process with the same PID as the crashed process, which can then be used to escalate...

CVE-2020-15702 TOCTOU in apport

TOCTOU Race Condition vulnerability in apport allows a local attacker to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code. An attacker may exit the crashed process and exploit PID recycling to spawn a root process with the same PID as the crashed process, which can then be used to escalate...

CVE-2020-15701 Unhandled exception in apport

An unhandled exception in checkignored in apport/report.py can be exploited by a local attacker to cause a denial of service. If the mtime attribute is a string value in apport-ignore.xml, it will trigger an unhandled exception, resulting in a crash. Fixed in 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.24, 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.1...

CVE-2020-15701

The CVE-2020-15701 issue affects the apport component (Apport) where an unhandled exception in check_ignored() can crash the process if mtime in apport-ignore.xml is a string, enabling a local DoS. Exploitation details are not described beyond local access prerequisites. The vulnerability is addr...