CVE-2019-11482 (GCVE-0-2019-11482)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-02-08 04:50 – Updated: 2024-09-17 00:00
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Race condition between reading current working directory and writing a core dump
Summary
Sander Bos discovered a time of check to time of use (TOCTTOU) vulnerability in apport that allowed a user to cause core files to be written in arbitrary directories.
Severity
4.2 (Medium)
CWE
- Read user data with administrator privileges
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-1 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-2 | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
Date Public
2019-10-29 00:00
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