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Unscored USN-2569-2 0 CVEs

apport vulnerability

Published Apr 16, 2015 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

USN-2569-1 fixed a vulnerability in Apport. Tavis Ormandy discovered that
the fixed packages were still vulnerable to a privilege escalation attack.
This update completely disables crash report handling for containers until
a more complete solution is available.

Original advisory details:

Stéphane Graber and Tavis Ormandy independently discovered that Apport
incorrectly handled the crash reporting feature. A local attacker could use
this issue to gain elevated privileges.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS apport 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.10

References

  • report
    https://launchpad.net/bugs/1444518