Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions Affecting apport package, versions <2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm5


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-609387
  • published4 Aug 2020
  • disclosed6 Aug 2020

Introduced: 4 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-15701  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-755  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 apport to version 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm5 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.

An unhandled exception in check_ignored() in apport/report.py can be exploited by a local attacker to cause a denial of service. If the mtime attribute is a string value in apport-ignore.xml, it will trigger an unhandled exception, resulting in a crash. Fixed in 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.24, 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.16, 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.6.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1