{"id":"USN-5122-2","summary":"apport vulnerability","details":"USN-5122-1 fixed a vulnerability in Apport. This update provides\nthe corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n It was discovered that Apport could be tricked into writing core files as\n root into arbitrary directories in certain scenarios. A local attacker\n could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. On Ubuntu 16.04 ESM\n This update will cause Apport to generate all core files in the /var/lib/apport/coredump\n directory. On Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, core file generation has been disabled by default.\n\n","modified":"2026-05-20T16:03:10.091860717Z","published":"2021-10-26T13:59:55Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5122-2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://launchpad.net/bugs/1948657"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"apport","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/apport?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm9"}]}],"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","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm8"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm9","binary_name":"apport"},{"binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm9","binary_name":"apport-gtk"},{"binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm9","binary_name":"apport-kde"},{"binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm9","binary_name":"apport-noui"},{"binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm9","binary_name":"apport-retrace"},{"binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm9","binary_name":"apport-valgrind"},{"binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm9","binary_name":"dh-apport"},{"binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm9","binary_name":"python-apport"},{"binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm9","binary_name":"python-problem-report"},{"binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm9","binary_name":"python3-apport"},{"binary_version":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm9","binary_name":"python3-problem-report"}],"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","cves":[]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5122-2.json"}},{"package":{"name":"apport","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/apport?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fxenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm3"}]}],"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","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.21","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.22","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.23","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.24","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.25","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.26","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.27","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.28","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm1","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm3","binary_name":"apport"},{"binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm3","binary_name":"python3-problem-report"},{"binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm3","binary_name":"apport-kde"},{"binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm3","binary_name":"apport-retrace"},{"binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm3","binary_name":"apport-valgrind"},{"binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm3","binary_name":"python3-apport"},{"binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm3","binary_name":"dh-apport"},{"binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm3","binary_name":"apport-gtk"},{"binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm3","binary_name":"python-apport"},{"binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm3","binary_name":"python-problem-report"},{"binary_version":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm3","binary_name":"apport-noui"}],"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","cves":[]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5122-2.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}