{"id":"USN-4171-1","summary":"apport vulnerabilities","details":"Kevin Backhouse discovered Apport would read its user-controlled settings\nfile as the root user. This could be used by a local attacker to possibly\ncrash Apport or have other unspecified consequences. (CVE-2019-11481)\n\nSander Bos discovered a race-condition in Apport during core dump\ncreation. This could be used by a local attacker to generate a crash report\nfor a privileged process that is readable by an unprivileged user.\n(CVE-2019-11482)\n\nSander Bos discovered Apport mishandled crash dumps originating from\ncontainers. This could be used by a local attacker to generate a crash\nreport for a privileged process that is readable by an unprivileged user.\n(CVE-2019-11483)\n\nSander Bos discovered Apport mishandled lock-file creation. This could be\nused by a local attacker to cause a denial of service against Apport.\n(CVE-2019-11485)\n\nKevin Backhouse discovered Apport read various process-specific files with\nelevated privileges during crash dump generation. This could could be used\nby a local attacker to generate a crash report for a privileged process\nthat is readable by an unprivileged user. (CVE-2019-15790)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:40Z","published":"2019-10-30T05:45:00Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11481","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11482","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11483","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11485","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15790"],"upstream":["CVE-2019-11481","CVE-2019-11482","CVE-2019-11483","CVE-2019-11485","CVE-2019-15790","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11481","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11482","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11483","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11485","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15790"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4171-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11481"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11482"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11483"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11485"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-15790"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"apport","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/apport@2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20"}]}],"versions":["2.19.1-0ubuntu3","2.19.2-0ubuntu1","2.19.2-0ubuntu2","2.19.2-0ubuntu3","2.19.2-0ubuntu4","2.19.2-0ubuntu5","2.19.2-0ubuntu6","2.19.2-0ubuntu8","2.19.2-0ubuntu9","2.19.3-0ubuntu1","2.19.3-0ubuntu2","2.19.3-0ubuntu3","2.19.4-0ubuntu1","2.19.4-0ubuntu2","2.20-0ubuntu2","2.20-0ubuntu3","2.20.1-0ubuntu1","2.20.1-0ubuntu2","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.2","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.4","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.9","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.12","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.13","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.14","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.16","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.17","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.19"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"apport","binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20"},{"binary_name":"apport-gtk","binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20"},{"binary_name":"apport-kde","binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20"},{"binary_name":"apport-noui","binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20"},{"binary_name":"apport-retrace","binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20"},{"binary_name":"apport-valgrind","binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20"},{"binary_name":"dh-apport","binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20"},{"binary_name":"python-apport","binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20"},{"binary_name":"python-problem-report","binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20"},{"binary_name":"python3-apport","binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20"},{"binary_name":"python3-problem-report","binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20"}],"availability":"No 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