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Unscored USN-4171-6 0 CVEs

apport regression

Published Nov 12, 2020 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

USN-4171-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Apport. The update caused a regression
when handling configuration files. This update fixes the problem, and also
introduces further hardening measures.

Original advisory details:

Kevin Backhouse discovered Apport would read its user-controlled settings
file as the root user. This could be used by a local attacker to possibly
crash Apport or have other unspecified consequences. (CVE-2019-11481)

Sander Bos discovered a race-condition in Apport during core dump
creation. This could be used by a local attacker to generate a crash report
for a privileged process that is readable by an unprivileged user.
(CVE-2019-11482)

Sander Bos discovered Apport mishandled crash dumps originating from
containers. This could be used by a local attacker to generate a crash
report for a privileged process that is readable by an unprivileged user.
(CVE-2019-11483)

Sander Bos discovered Apport mishandled lock-file creation. This could be
used by a local attacker to cause a denial of service against Apport.
(CVE-2019-11485)

Kevin Backhouse discovered Apport read various process-specific files with
elevated privileges during crash dump generation. This could could be used
by a local attacker to generate a crash report for a privileged process
that is readable by an unprivileged user. (CVE-2019-15790)

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS apport 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.27
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS apport 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.20
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS apport 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.12

References

  • report
    https://launchpad.net/bugs/1903332