CVE-2016-9949

2016-12-1400:00:00

ubuntu.com

CVSS2

9.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.006

Percentile

78.0%

JSON

An issue was discovered in Apport before 2.20.4. In apport/ui.py, Apport
reads the CrashDB field and it then evaluates the field as Python code if
it begins with a “{”. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary
Python code.

Bugs

<https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1648806>

Notes

Author	Note
sbeattie	precise not affected

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu14.04noarchapport< 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.23UNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchapport< 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.4UNKNOWN
ubuntu16.10noarchapport< 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2UNKNOWN