Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-3709): Apport vulnerabilities
Description
Details for this vulnerability have not been published by NIST at this point. Descriptions from software vendor advisories for this issue are provided below.
From USN-5077-2:
USN-5077-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Apport. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
Maik Münch and Stephen Röttger discovered that Apport incorrectly handled certain information gathering operations. A local attacker could use this issue to gain read access to arbitrary files, possibly containing sensitive information.
Solution(s)
- ubuntu-upgrade-
- ubuntu-upgrade-2-14-1-0ubuntu3-29-esm8
- ubuntu-upgrade-2-20-1-0ubuntu2-30-esm2
- ubuntu-upgrade-apport
- ubuntu-upgrade-available
- ubuntu-upgrade-desktop
- ubuntu-upgrade-infra
- ubuntu-upgrade-or
- ubuntu-upgrade-python-apport
- ubuntu-upgrade-python3-apport
- ubuntu-upgrade-ua
- ubuntu-upgrade-with
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