QID 198549

Date Published: 2021-11-01

QID 198549: Ubuntu Security Notification for Apport Vulnerability (USN-5122-1)

Apport could be tricked into writing core files as root into arbitrary directories in certain scenarios.

Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

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..

CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 4.2 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.

Solution

Refer to Ubuntu advisory: USN-5122-1 for affected packages and patching details, or update with your package manager.

Vendor References

USN-5122-1 - ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5122-1

CVEs related to QID 198549

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
USN-5122-1	Ubuntu Linux		ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5122-1

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