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Ubuntu: USN-2782-1 (CVE-2015-1341): Apport vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-2782-1 (CVE-2015-1341): Apport vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
10/27/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/09/2015
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

Any Python module in sys.path can be imported if the command line of the process triggering the coredump is Python and the first argument is -m in Apport before 2.19.2 function _python_module_path.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-apport

References

  • USN-2782-1
  • CVE-2015-1341

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