USN-4965-2: Apport vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

• apport - automatically generate crash reports for debugging

Details

USN-4965-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Apport. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:

Maik Münch discovered that Apport incorrectly handled certain information
gathering operations. A local attacker could use these issues to read and
write arbitrary files as an administrator, and possibly escalate
privileges.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04

• apport - 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• python-apport - 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• python3-apport - 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04

• apport - 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm7
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• python-apport - 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm7
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• python3-apport - 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm7
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2021-32549
• CVE-2021-32555
• CVE-2021-32551
• CVE-2021-32548
• CVE-2021-32550
• CVE-2021-32554
• CVE-2021-32553
• CVE-2021-32557
• CVE-2021-32552
• CVE-2021-32547
• CVE-2021-32556

Related notices

• USN-4965-1: apport-valgrind, python-problem-report, python3-apport, apport-noui, apport-retrace, python-apport, python3-problem-report, dh-apport, apport-kde, apport, apport-gtk