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CVE-2021-25684 (GCVE-0-2021-25684)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-06-11 02:20 – Updated: 2025-11-03 19:25
VLAI
Title
apport can be stalled by reading a FIFO
Summary
It was discovered that apport in data/apport did not properly open a report file to prevent hanging reads on a FIFO.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Canonical apport Affected: 2.20.1 , < 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30 (custom)
Affected: 2.20.9 , < 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.23 (custom)
Affected: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27 , < 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.16 (custom)
Affected: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50 , < 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.5 (custom)
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Date Public
2021-02-02 00:00
Credits
Itai Greenhut
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