USN-4051-2: Apport vulnerability
Publication date
9 July 2019
Overview
Apport could be made to expose sensitive information in crash reports.
Releases
Packages
- apport - automatically generate crash reports for debugging
Details
USN-4051-1 fixed a vulnerability in apport. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
Kevin Backhouse discovered a race-condition when reading the user's local
Apport configuration. This could be used by a local attacker to cause
Apport to include arbitrary files in a resulting crash report.
USN-4051-1 fixed a vulnerability in apport. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
Kevin Backhouse discovered a race-condition when reading the user's local
Apport configuration. This could be used by a local attacker to cause
Apport to include arbitrary files in a resulting crash report.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 14.04 trusty | python-apport – 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm1 | ||
| python3-apport – 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm1 | |||
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