{"id":"USN-4965-1","summary":"apport vulnerabilities","details":"Maik Münch discovered that Apport incorrectly handled certain information\ngathering operations. A local attacker could use these issues to read and\nwrite arbitrary files as an administrator, and possibly escalate\nprivileges.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:42:12Z","published":"2021-05-25T16:52:36Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32547","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32548","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32549","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32550","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32551","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32552","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32553","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32554","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32555","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32556","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32557"],"upstream":["CVE-2021-32547","CVE-2021-32548","CVE-2021-32549","CVE-2021-32550","CVE-2021-32551","CVE-2021-32552","CVE-2021-32553","CVE-2021-32554","CVE-2021-32555","CVE-2021-32556","CVE-2021-32557","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32547","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32548","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32549","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32550","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32551","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32552","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32553","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32554","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32555","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32556","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32557"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4965-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-32547"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-32548"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-32549"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-32550"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-32551"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-32552"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-32553"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-32554"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-32555"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-32556"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-32557"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"apport","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/apport@2.20.9-0ubuntu7.24?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.20.9-0ubuntu7.24"}]}],"versions":["2.20.7-0ubuntu3","2.20.7-0ubuntu3.1","2.20.7-0ubuntu4","2.20.8-0ubuntu1","2.20.8-0ubuntu2","2.20.8-0ubuntu3","2.20.8-0ubuntu4","2.20.8-0ubuntu5","2.20.8-0ubuntu6","2.20.8-0ubuntu7","2.20.8-0ubuntu8","2.20.8-0ubuntu9","2.20.8-0ubuntu10","2.20.9-0ubuntu1","2.20.9-0ubuntu2","2.20.9-0ubuntu4","2.20.9-0ubuntu5","2.20.9-0ubuntu6","2.20.9-0ubuntu7","2.20.9-0ubuntu7.1","2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2","2.20.9-0ubuntu7.3","2.20.9-0ubuntu7.4","2.20.9-0ubuntu7.5","2.20.9-0ubuntu7.6","2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7","2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8","2.20.9-0ubuntu7.9","2.20.9-0ubuntu7.11","2.20.9-0ubuntu7.12","2.20.9-0ubuntu7.13","2.20.9-0ubuntu7.14","2.20.9-0ubuntu7.15","2.20.9-0ubuntu7.16","2.20.9-0ubuntu7.17","2.20.9-0ubuntu7.18","2.20.9-0ubuntu7.19","2.20.9-0ubuntu7.20","2.20.9-0ubuntu7.21","2.20.9-0ubuntu7.23"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No 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