USN-2007-1: Apport vulnerability
5
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
10/25/2013
07/25/2018
04/08/2014
07/09/2020
Description
Apport 2.12.5 and earlier uses weak permissions for core dump files created by setuid binaries, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the file.
Solution(s)
- ubuntu-upgrade-apport
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