Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere Affecting apport package, versions <2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-APPORT-1585035
  • published14 Sept 2021
  • disclosed1 Oct 2021

Introduced: 14 Sep 2021

CVE-2021-3709  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-668  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 apport to version 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm8 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.

Function check_attachment_for_errors() in file data/general-hooks/ubuntu.py could be tricked into exposing private data via a constructed crash file. This issue affects: apport 2.14.1 versions prior to 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm8; 2.20.1 versions prior to 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm2; 2.20.9 versions prior to 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.26; 2.20.11 versions prior to 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.20; 2.20.11 versions prior to 2.20.11-0ubuntu65.3;

CVSS Scores

version 3.1