Description (CNA)
Kevin Backhouse discovered that apport would read a user-supplied configuration file with elevated privileges. By replacing the file with a symbolic link, a user could get apport to read any file on the system as root, with unknown consequences.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Canonical / apport | affected 2.14.1 before 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm2; affected 2.20.1 before 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20; affected 2.20.9 before 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8; affected 2.20.11 before 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.1 |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-1
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-2
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172858/Ubuntu-Apport-Whoopsie-DoS-Integer-Overflow.html
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.