CVE-2015-1324

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-1324
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-08-25 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-30 15:54:00 UTC
DescriptionApport before 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1 as packaged in Ubuntu 15.04, before 2.14.70ubuntu8.5 as packaged in Ubuntu 14.10, before 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11 as packaged in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and before 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.9 as packaged in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS allow local users to write to arbitrary files and gain root privileges by leveraging incorrect handling of permissions when generating core dumps for setuid binaries.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Apport CVE-2015-1324 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-2609-1: Apport vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Bug #1452239 “root escalation with fs.suid_dumpable=2” : Bugs : apport package : Ubuntu CONFIRM bugs.launchpad.net Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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