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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-3899): Apport vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
May 17, 2022
Added
May 18, 2022
Modified
Apr 16, 2026

Description

There is a race condition in the 'replaced executable' detection that, with the correct local configuration, allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code as root.

Solutions

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-apportubuntu-pro-upgrade-python-apportubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-apportubuntu-upgrade-apportubuntu-upgrade-python3-apport
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