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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-32553): Apport vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-32553): Apport vulnerabilities

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
05/25/2021
Created
05/29/2021
Added
05/26/2021
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

It was discovered that read_file() in apport/hookutils.py would follow symbolic links or open FIFOs. When this function is used by the openjdk-17 package apport hooks, it could expose private data to other local users.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-apport
  • ubuntu-upgrade-python-apport
  • ubuntu-upgrade-python3-apport

References

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