FKIE_CVE-2019-11481

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-02-08 05:15 - Updated: 2024-11-21 04:21
Severity ?
3.8 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Kevin 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.
References
security@ubuntu.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172858/Ubuntu-Apport-Whoopsie-DoS-Integer-Overflow.html
security@ubuntu.comhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-1Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.comhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-2Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172858/Ubuntu-Apport-Whoopsie-DoS-Integer-Overflow.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-2Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 19.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 19.10
apport_project apport -
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