1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4965-2

USN-4965-2: Apport vulnerabilities

Publication date

25 May 2021

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Apport.

Releases

Packages

  • apport - automatically generate crash reports for debugging

Details

USN-4965-1 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 discovered that Apport incorrectly handled certain information
gathering operations. A local attacker could use these issues to read and
write arbitrary files as an administrator, and possibly escalate
privileges.

USN-4965-1 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 discovered that Apport incorrectly handled certain information
gathering operations. A local attacker could use these issues to read and
write arbitrary files as an administrator, and possibly escalate
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
16.04 xenial apport –  2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm1  
python-apport –  2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm1  
python3-apport –  2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm1  
14.04 trusty apport –  2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm7  
python-apport –  2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm7  
python3-apport –  2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm7  

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