CVE-2019-11482Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in Apport

Severity
4.7MEDIUMNVD
CNA4.2OSV7.8
EPSS
0.1%
top 74.96%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedFeb 8
Latest updateMay 24

Description

Sander Bos discovered a time of check to time of use (TOCTTOU) vulnerability in apport that allowed a user to cause core files to be written in arbitrary directories.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.0 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

CVEListV5canonical/apport2.14.12.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm2+3
Ubuntuapport_project/apport< 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20+2

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 19.04, 19.10

🔴Vulnerability Details

9
GHSA
GHSA-fggm-83vw-5vwq: Sander Bos discovered a time of check to time of use (TOCTTOU) vulnerability in apport that allowed a user to cause core files to be written in arbitr2022-05-24
OSV
apport regression2020-11-12
OSV
apport regression2020-03-18
CVEList
Race condition between reading current working directory and writing a core dump2020-02-08
OSV
apport regression2019-11-05

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
Apport vulnerabilities2019-11-04
Ubuntu
Apport vulnerabilities2019-10-30
CVE-2019-11482 — Canonical Apport vulnerability | cvebase