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GHSA-666R-6MFG-455C

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 03:05 – Updated: 2025-04-12 13:07

Details

An issue was discovered in Apport before 2.20.4. A malicious Apport crash file can contain a restart command in RespawnCommand or ProcCmdline fields. This command will be executed if a user clicks the Relaunch button on the Apport prompt from the malicious crash file. The fix is to only show the Relaunch button on Apport crash files generated by local systems. The Relaunch button will be hidden when crash files are opened directly in Apport-GTK.

Severity ?

6.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2016-9951 (GCVE-0-2016-9951)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-12-17 03:34 – Updated: 2024-08-06 03:07

Summary

An issue was discovered in Apport before 2.20.4. A malicious Apport crash file can contain a restart command in `RespawnCommand` or `ProcCmdline` fields. This command will be executed if a user clicks the Relaunch button on the Apport prompt from the malicious crash file. The fix is to only show the Relaunch button on Apport crash files generated by local systems. The Relaunch button will be hidden when crash files are opened directly in Apport-GTK.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

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	https://github.com/DonnchaC/ubuntu-apport-exploitation	x_refsource_MISC
	https://donncha.is/2016/12/compromising-ubuntu-desktop/	x_refsource_MISC
	https://bugs.launchpad.net/apport/+bug/1648806	x_refsource_MISC
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95011	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3157-1	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40937/	exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

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GHSA-666R-6MFG-455C

CVE-2016-9951 (GCVE-0-2016-9951)

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