usn-2569-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2015-04-14 13:43
Modified
2026-02-10 04:40
Summary
apport vulnerability
Details

Stéphane Graber and Tavis Ormandy independently discovered that Apport incorrectly handled the crash reporting feature. A local attacker could use this issue to gain elevated privileges.

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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "St\u00e9phane Graber and Tavis Ormandy independently discovered that Apport\nincorrectly handled the crash reporting feature. A local attacker could use\nthis issue to gain elevated privileges.\n",
  "id": "USN-2569-1",
  "modified": "2026-02-10T04:40:53Z",
  "published": "2015-04-14T13:43:53Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2569-1"
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "apport vulnerability",
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  ]
}



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