{"id":"USN-2569-2","summary":"apport vulnerability","details":"USN-2569-1 fixed a vulnerability in Apport. Tavis Ormandy discovered that\nthe fixed packages were still vulnerable to a privilege escalation attack.\nThis update completely disables crash report handling for containers until\na more complete solution is available.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n Stéphane Graber and Tavis Ormandy independently discovered that Apport\n incorrectly handled the crash reporting feature. A local attacker could use\n this issue to gain elevated privileges.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:40:53Z","published":"2015-04-16T16:44:07Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2569-2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://launchpad.net/bugs/1444518"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"apport","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/apport@2.14.1-0ubuntu3.10?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.10"}]}],"versions":["2.12.5-0ubuntu2","2.12.6-0ubuntu1","2.12.7-0ubuntu1","2.12.7-0ubuntu2","2.12.7-0ubuntu3","2.12.7-0ubuntu6","2.13.1-0ubuntu1","2.13.1-0ubuntu2","2.13.2-0ubuntu2","2.13.2-0ubuntu3","2.13.2-0ubuntu4","2.13.2-0ubuntu5","2.13.3-0ubuntu1","2.14-0ubuntu1","2.14.1-0ubuntu1","2.14.1-0ubuntu2","2.14.1-0ubuntu3","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.1","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.4","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.7","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.8","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.9"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"apport","binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.10"},{"binary_name":"apport-gtk","binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.10"},{"binary_name":"apport-kde","binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.10"},{"binary_name":"apport-noui","binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.10"},{"binary_name":"apport-retrace","binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.10"},{"binary_name":"apport-valgrind","binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.10"},{"binary_name":"dh-apport","binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.10"},{"binary_name":"python-apport","binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.10"},{"binary_name":"python-problem-report","binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.10"},{"binary_name":"python3-apport","binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.10"},{"binary_name":"python3-problem-report","binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.10"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2569-2.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}