{"id":"USN-5427-1","summary":"apport vulnerabilities","details":"Muqing Liu and neoni discovered that Apport incorrectly handled detecting\nif an executable was replaced after a crash. A local attacker could\npossibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code as the root user.\n(CVE-2021-3899)\n\nGerrit Venema discovered that Apport incorrectly handled connections to\nApport sockets inside containers. A local attacker could possibly use this\nissue to connect to arbitrary sockets as the root user. (CVE-2022-1242)\n\nGerrit Venema discovered that Apport incorrectly handled user settings\nfiles. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Apport to\nconsume resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2022-28652)\n\nGerrit Venema discovered that Apport did not limit the amount of logging\nfrom D-Bus connections. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to\nfill up the Apport log file, leading to denial of service. (CVE-2022-28654)\n\nGerrit Venema discovered that Apport did not filter D-Bus connection\nstrings. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Apport to\nmake arbitrary network connections. (CVE-2022-28655)\n\nGerrit Venema discovered that Apport did not limit the amount of memory\nbeing consumed during D-Bus connections. A local attacker could possibly\nuse this issue to cause Apport to consume memory, leading to a denial of\nservice. (CVE-2022-28656)\n\nGerrit Venema discovered that Apport did not disable the python crash\nhandler before chrooting into a container. A local attacker could possibly\nuse this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-28657)\n\nGerrit Venema discovered that Apport incorrectly handled filename argument\nwhitespace. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to spoof\narguments to the Apport daemon. (CVE-2022-28658)\n","modified":"2026-04-27T16:04:18.091917Z","published":"2022-05-17T16:38:36Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3899","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1242","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28652","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28654","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28655","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28656","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28657","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28658"],"upstream":["CVE-2021-3899","CVE-2022-1242","CVE-2022-28652","CVE-2022-28654","CVE-2022-28655","CVE-2022-28656","CVE-2022-28657","CVE-2022-28658","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3899","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1242","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28652","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28654","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28655","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28656","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28657","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28658"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5427-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3899"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1242"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-28652"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-28654"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-28655"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-28656"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-28657"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-28658"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"apport","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/apport@2.20.9-0ubuntu7.28?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.20.9-0ubuntu7.28"}]}],"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","2.20.9-0ubuntu7.24","2.20.9-0ubuntu7.26","2.20.9-0ubuntu7.27"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No 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