USN-3354-1: Apport vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 17.04
• Ubuntu 16.10
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

• apport - automatically generate crash reports for debugging

Details

Felix Wilhelm discovered a path traversal vulnerability in Apport
when handling the ExecutablePath field in crash files. An attacker
could trick a user into opening a specially crafted crash file and
execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 17.04

• apport - 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.5
• python-apport - 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.5
• python3-apport - 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.5

Ubuntu 16.10

• apport - 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.7
• python-apport - 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.7
• python3-apport - 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.7

Ubuntu 16.04

• apport - 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
• python-apport - 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
• python3-apport - 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10

Ubuntu 14.04

• apport - 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.25
• python-apport - 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.25
• python3-apport - 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.25

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2017-10708