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Medium USN-5077-2 2 CVEs

apport vulnerabilities

Published Sep 14, 2021 · Updated Jun 29, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

USN-5077-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Apport. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Maik Münch and Stephen Röttger discovered that Apport incorrectly handled
certain information gathering operations. A local attacker could use this
issue to gain read access to arbitrary files, possibly containing sensitive
information.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 14.04 LTS Pro:14.04:LTS apport 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm8
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS apport 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm2

Vulnerabilities 2

  • Medium 6.5
    CVE-2021-3709

    Apport file permission bypass through emacs byte compilation errors

    Function check_attachment_for_errors() in file data/general-hooks/ubuntu.py could be tricked into exposing private data via a constructed crash file. This issue affects: apport 2.14.1 versions prior to 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm8; 2.20.1 versions prior to 2.20.1-…

    Canonical Apport apport Ubuntu
  • Medium 6.5
    CVE-2021-3710

    Apport info disclosure via path traversal bug in read_file

    An information disclosure via path traversal was discovered in apport/hookutils.py function read_file(). This issue affects: apport 2.14.1 versions prior to 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm8; 2.20.1 versions prior to 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm2; 2.20.9 versions prior to 2.…

    Canonical Apport apport Ubuntu

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3709
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3710