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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2015-1338 EUVD-2015-1478GHSA-77gx-3rjc-296q

kernel_crashdump in Apport before 2.19 allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) or possibly gain privileges via a…

Published Oct 1, 2015 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by canonical

Package: apport Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

kernel_crashdump in Apport before 2.19 allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) or possibly gain privileges via a (1) symlink or (2) hard link attack on /var/crash/vmcore.log.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS apport 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15 USN-2744-1

SUSE

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 11 SP4 apport 0.114-12.8.3.1 SUSE-SU-2017:1938-1
SLES 11 SP4 apport-crashdb-sle 0.114-0.8.3.1 SUSE-SU-2017:1938-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 11 SP4 apport 0.114-12.8.3.1 SUSE-SU-2017:1938-1
SLES for SAP 11 SP4 apport-crashdb-sle 0.114-0.8.3.1 SUSE-SU-2017:1938-1

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

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Advisories 2

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