CVE-2009-1295

Publication date 30 April 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Apport before 0.108.4 on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, before 0.119.2 on Ubuntu 8.10, and before 1.0-0ubuntu5.2 on Ubuntu 9.04 does not properly remove files from the application's crash-report directory, which allows local users to delete arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
apport 9.04 jaunty
Fixed 1.0-0ubuntu5.2
8.10 intrepid
Fixed 0.119.2
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 0.108.4
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

Notes

jdstrand

bug mentions fuse being an attack vector, but it isn't on Jaunty symlink/race condition

Patch details

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Package Patch details
apport

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-768-1
    • Apport vulnerability
    • 29 April 2009

Other references