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title: "CVE-2009-1295\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-1295

Publication date 30 April 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-1295?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| 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 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-1295?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

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

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| apport | * Debdiff:   <https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/apport/+bug/357024> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1295)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1295)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-1295)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1295)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-768-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-768-1)
+ Apport vulnerability
+ 29 April 2009

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1295>