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Medium USN-4051-1 1 CVE

apport vulnerability

Published Jul 9, 2019 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

Kevin Backhouse discovered a race-condition when reading the user's local
Apport configuration. This could be used by a local attacker to cause
Apport to include arbitrary files in a resulting crash report.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS apport 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.19
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS apport 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Medium 6.5
    CVE-2019-7307

    Apport contains a TOCTTOU vulnerability when reading the users ~/.apport-ignore.xml

    Apport before versions 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm1, 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.19, 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7, 2.20.10-0ubuntu27.1, 2.20.11-0ubuntu5 contained a TOCTTOU vulnerability when reading the users ~/.apport-ignore.xml file, which allows a local attacker to replace this file…

    Ubuntu apport apport Ubuntu

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-7307