OS Command Injection Affecting apport package, versions <2.20.9-0ubuntu7.24


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications

Snyk Learn

Learn about OS Command Injection vulnerabilities in an interactive lesson.

Start learning
  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-APPORT-1296821
  • published26 May 2021
  • disclosed12 Jun 2021

Introduced: 26 May 2021

CVE-2021-32556  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-78  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 apport to version 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.24 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:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

It was discovered that the get_modified_conffiles() function in backends/packaging-apt-dpkg.py allowed injecting modified package names in a manner that would confuse the dpkg(1) call.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1