{"id":"USN-4315-2","summary":"apport vulnerabilities","details":"USN-4315-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Apport. This update provides\nthe corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n Maximilien Bourgeteau discovered that the Apport lock file was created with\n insecure permissions. This could allow a local attacker to escalate their\n privileges via a symlink attack. (CVE-2020-8831)\n\n Maximilien Bourgeteau discovered a race condition in Apport when setting\n crash report permissions. This could allow a local attacker to read\n arbitrary files via a symlink attack.  (CVE-2020-8833)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:48Z","published":"2020-06-15T14:51:07Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2020-8831","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-8833"],"upstream":["CVE-2020-8831","CVE-2020-8833","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-8831","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-8833"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4315-2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-8831"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-8833"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"apport","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/apport@2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm4?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm4"}]}],"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","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.10","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.12","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.13","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.16","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.18","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.20","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.23","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.24","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.25","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.27","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.28","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm1","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm2","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"apport","binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm4"},{"binary_name":"apport-gtk","binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm4"},{"binary_name":"apport-kde","binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm4"},{"binary_name":"apport-noui","binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm4"},{"binary_name":"apport-retrace","binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm4"},{"binary_name":"apport-valgrind","binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm4"},{"binary_name":"dh-apport","binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm4"},{"binary_name":"python-apport","binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm4"},{"binary_name":"python-problem-report","binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm4"},{"binary_name":"python3-apport","binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm4"},{"binary_name":"python3-problem-report","binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm4"}],"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2020-8831","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"high","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2020-8833","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4315-2.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}