1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3354-1

USN-3354-1: Apport vulnerability

Publication date

18 July 2017

Overview

An attacker could trick a user into opening a malicious .crash file and execute arbitrary code as the user.

Releases

Packages

  • apport - automatically generate crash reports for debugging

Details

Felix Wilhelm discovered a path traversal vulnerability in Apport
when handling the ExecutablePath field in crash files. An attacker
could trick a user into opening a specially crafted crash file and
execute arbitrary code with the user’s privileges.

Felix Wilhelm discovered a path traversal vulnerability in Apport
when handling the ExecutablePath field in crash files. An attacker
could trick a user into opening a specially crafted crash file and
execute arbitrary code with the user’s privileges.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
17.04 zesty apport –  2.20.4-0ubuntu4.5
python-apport –  2.20.4-0ubuntu4.5
python3-apport –  2.20.4-0ubuntu4.5
16.10 yakkety apport –  2.20.3-0ubuntu8.7
python-apport –  2.20.3-0ubuntu8.7
python3-apport –  2.20.3-0ubuntu8.7
16.04 xenial apport –  2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
python-apport –  2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
python3-apport –  2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
14.04 trusty apport –  2.14.1-0ubuntu3.25
python-apport –  2.14.1-0ubuntu3.25
python3-apport –  2.14.1-0ubuntu3.25

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