USN-2744-1: Apport vulnerability

Publication date

24 September 2015

Overview

Apport could be made to crash or overwrite files as an administrator.


Packages

  • apport - automatically generate crash reports for debugging

Details

Halfdog discovered that Apport incorrectly handled kernel crash dump files.
A local attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or
possibly elevate privileges. The default symlink protections for affected
releases should reduce the vulnerability to a denial of service.

Halfdog discovered that Apport incorrectly handled kernel crash dump files.
A local attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or
possibly elevate privileges. The default symlink protections for affected
releases should reduce the vulnerability to a denial of service.

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
15.04 vivid apport –  2.17.2-0ubuntu1.5
14.04 trusty apport –  2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15
12.04 precise apport –  2.0.1-0ubuntu17.10

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