Link Following Affecting apport package, versions <2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-APPORT-1300490
  • published26 May 2021
  • disclosed12 Jun 2021

Introduced: 26 May 2021

CVE-2021-32548  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 apport to version 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream apport package and not the apport package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

It was discovered that read_file() in apport/hookutils.py would follow symbolic links or open FIFOs. When this function is used by the openjdk-8 package apport hooks, it could expose private data to other local users.

CVSS Scores

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