CVE-2022-1242 (GCVE-0-2022-1242)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-06-03 18:48 – Updated: 2025-03-27 19:31
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Summary
Apport can be tricked into connecting to arbitrary sockets as the root user
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Canonical Ltd. Apport Affected: 0 , < 2.21.0 (semver)
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Credits
Gerrit Venema
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