vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-3157-1 (CVE-2016-9950): Apport vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Dec 14, 2016 | Jul 1, 2017 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Dec 14, 2016
Added
Jul 1, 2017
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
An issue was discovered in Apport before 2.20.4. There is a path traversal issue in the Apport crash file "Package" and "SourcePackage" fields. These fields are used to build a path to the package specific hook files in the /usr/share/apport/package-hooks/ directory. An attacker can exploit this path traversal to execute arbitrary Python files from the local system.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-apportubuntu-upgrade-apport-gtkubuntu-upgrade-apport-kdeubuntu-upgrade-python-apportubuntu-upgrade-python3-apport
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