CVE-2020-15701

Published: 13 May 2020

An unhandled exception in check_ignored() in apport/report.py can be exploited by a local attacker to cause a denial of service. If the mtime attribute is a string value in apport-ignore.xml, it will trigger an unhandled exception, resulting in a crash. Fixed in 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.24, 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.16, 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.6.

Priority

CVSS 3 base score: 5.5

Status

Package	Release	Status
apport Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Released (2.20.9-0ubuntu7.16)
	eoan	Ignored (reached end-of-life)
	focal	Released (2.20.11-0ubuntu27.6)
	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Released (2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm5)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Released (2.20.1-0ubuntu2.24)

References

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-15701
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4449-1
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4449-2
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Bugs

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1877023

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