CVE-2019-11481

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-11481
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-02-08 05:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-06-12 07:15:00 UTC
DescriptionKevin Backhouse discovered that apport would read a user-supplied configuration file with elevated privileges. By replacing the file with a symbolic link, a user could get apport to read any file on the system as root, with unknown consequences.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apport Project Apport - All All All
Application Apport Project Apport - All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.10 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Ubuntu Apport / Whoopsie DoS / Integer Overflow ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
USN-4171-1: Apport vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu MISC usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-4171-2: Apport vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu MISC usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Kevin Backhouse

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