{"id":"USN-5077-2","summary":"apport vulnerabilities","details":"USN-5077-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Apport. This update provides\nthe corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n Maik Münch and Stephen Röttger discovered that Apport incorrectly handled\n certain information gathering operations. A local attacker could use this\n issue to gain read access to arbitrary files, possibly containing sensitive\n information.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:42:19Z","published":"2021-09-14T13:21:29Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3709","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3710"],"upstream":["CVE-2021-3709","CVE-2021-3710","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3709","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3710"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5077-2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3709"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3710"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"apport","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/apport@2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm8?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm8"}]}],"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","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm5","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm6","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm7"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"apport","binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm8"},{"binary_name":"apport-gtk","binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm8"},{"binary_name":"apport-kde","binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm8"},{"binary_name":"apport-noui","binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm8"},{"binary_name":"apport-retrace","binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm8"},{"binary_name":"apport-valgrind","binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm8"},{"binary_name":"dh-apport","binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm8"},{"binary_name":"python-apport","binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm8"},{"binary_name":"python-problem-report","binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm8"},{"binary_name":"python3-apport","binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm8"},{"binary_name":"python3-problem-report","binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm8"}],"availability":"Available 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