{"id":"USN-4449-2","summary":"apport vulnerabilities","details":"USN-4449-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Apport. This update provides\nthe corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n Ryota Shiga working with Trend Micro´s Zero Day Initiative, discovered that\n Apport incorrectly dropped privileges when making certain D-Bus calls. A\n local attacker could use this issue to read arbitrary files.\n (CVE-2020-11936)\n\n Seong-Joong Kim discovered that Apport incorrectly parsed configuration\n files. A local attacker could use this issue to cause Apport to crash,\n resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-15701)\n\n Ryota Shiga working with Trend Micro´s Zero Day Initiative, discovered that\n Apport incorrectly implemented certain checks. A local attacker could use\n this issue to escalate privileges and run arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-15702)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:54Z","published":"2020-09-02T13:44:48Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2020-11936","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15701","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15702"],"upstream":["CVE-2020-11936","CVE-2020-15701","CVE-2020-15702","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-11936","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15701","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15702"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4449-2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-11936"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-15701"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-15702"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"apport","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/apport@2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm5?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm5"}]}],"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","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm4"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm5","binary_name":"apport"},{"binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm5","binary_name":"apport-gtk"},{"binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm5","binary_name":"apport-kde"},{"binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm5","binary_name":"apport-noui"},{"binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm5","binary_name":"apport-retrace"},{"binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm5","binary_name":"apport-valgrind"},{"binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm5","binary_name":"dh-apport"},{"binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm5","binary_name":"python-apport"},{"binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm5","binary_name":"python-problem-report"},{"binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm5","binary_name":"python3-apport"},{"binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm5","binary_name":"python3-problem-report"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4449-2.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2020-11936","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2020-15701","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2020-15702","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS"}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}