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Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion') Affecting apport package, versions <2.21.0-0ubuntu1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU2210-APPORT-3066683
  • published 18 May 2022
  • disclosed 4 Jun 2024
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Introduced: 18 May 2022

CVE-2022-28652 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-776 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:22.10 apport to version 2.21.0-0ubuntu1 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:22.10 relevant fixed versions and status.

~/.config/apport/settings parsing is vulnerable to "billion laughs" attack

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

5.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High