vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-5122-1: Apport vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:N) | Oct 25, 2021 | Oct 26, 2021 | Feb 19, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:N)
Published
Oct 25, 2021
Added
Oct 26, 2021
Modified
Feb 19, 2025
Description
It was discovered that Apport could be tricked into writing core files as root into arbitrary directories in certain scenarios. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. This update will cause Apport to generate all core files in the /var/lib/apport/coredump directory.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-apportubuntu-upgrade-python3-apport
References
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