CVE-2019-11485
published 2020-02-08CVE-2019-11485: Sander Bos discovered Apport's lock file was in a world-writable directory which allowed all users to prevent crash handling.
PriorityP48low3.3CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAL
EPSS
0.26%
17.5th percentile
Sander Bos discovered Apport's lock file was in a world-writable directory which allowed all users to prevent crash handling.
Affected
20 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| apport_project | apport | >= 0 < 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20 | 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20 |
| apport_project | apport | >= 0 < 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.21 | 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.21 |
| apport_project | apport | >= 0 < 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.27 | 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.27 |
| apport_project | apport | >= 0 < 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.22 | 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.22 |
| apport_project | apport | >= 0 < 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8 | 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8 |
| apport_project | apport | >= 0 < 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.9 | 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.9 |
| apport_project | apport | >= 0 < 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.20 | 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.20 |
| apport_project | apport | >= 0 < 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.12 | 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.12 |
| apport_project | apport | >= 0 < 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.12 | 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.12 |
| apport_project | apport | >= 0 < 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm2 | 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm2 |
| apport_project | apport | >= 0 < 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm3 | 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm3 |
| canonical | apport | >= 2.14.1 < 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm2 | 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm2 |
| canonical | apport | >= 2.20.1 < 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20 | 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20 |
| canonical | apport | >= 2.20.11 < 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.1 | 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.1 |
| canonical | apport | >= 2.20.9 < 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8 | 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8 |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.13.3LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
nvdv2.02.1LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu3.8LOW
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GHSA
GHSA-3wqr-pcvr-hx5r: Sander Bos discovered Apport's lock file was in a world-writable director which allowed all users to prevent crash handling
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24
CVE-2019-11485 [LOW] GHSA-3wqr-pcvr-hx5r: Sander Bos discovered Apport's lock file was in a world-writable director which allowed all users to prevent crash handling
Sander Bos discovered Apport's lock file was in a world-writable director which allowed all users to prevent crash handling.
OSV
apport regression
osv·2020-11-12·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2019-11481 [HIGH] apport regression
apport regression
USN-4171-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Apport. The update caused a regression
when handling configuration files. This update fixes the problem, and also
introduces further hardening measures.
Original advisory details:
Kevin Backhouse discovered Apport would read its user-controlled settings
file as the root user. This could be used by a local attacker to possibly
crash Apport or have other unspecified consequences. (CVE-2019-11481)
Sander Bos discovered a race-condition in Apport during core dump
creation. This could be used by a local attacker to generate a crash report
for a privileged process that is readable by an unprivileged user.
(CVE-2019-11482)
Sander Bos discovered Apport mishandled crash dumps originating from
containers. This could be used by a local attack
OSV
apport regression
osv·2020-03-18·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2019-11481 [HIGH] apport regression
apport regression
USN-4171-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Apport. This caused a regression in
autopkgtest and python2 compatibility. This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Kevin Backhouse discovered Apport would read its user-controlled settings
file as the root user. This could be used by a local attacker to possibly
crash Apport or have other unspecified consequences. (CVE-2019-11481)
Sander Bos discovered a race-condition in Apport during core dump
creation. This could be used by a local attacker to generate a crash report
for a privileged process that is readable by an unprivileged user.
(CVE-2019-11482)
Sander Bos discovered Apport mishandled crash dumps originating from
containers. This could be used by a local attacker to gene
OSV
apport regression
osv·2019-11-05·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2019-11481 [HIGH] apport regression
apport regression
USN-4171-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Apport. The update caused a regression
in the Python Apport library. This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Kevin Backhouse discovered Apport would read its user-controlled settings
file as the root user. This could be used by a local attacker to possibly
crash Apport or have other unspecified consequences. (CVE-2019-11481)
Sander Bos discovered a race-condition in Apport during core dump
creation. This could be used by a local attacker to generate a crash report
for a privileged process that is readable by an unprivileged user.
(CVE-2019-11482)
Sander Bos discovered Apport mishandled crash dumps originating from
containers. This could be used by a local attacker to generate a
OSV
apport regression
osv·2019-11-05·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2019-11481 [HIGH] apport regression
apport regression
USN-4171-1 fixed a vulnerability in Apport. The update caused a regression
in the Python Apport library. This update fixes the problem for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Kevin Backhouse discovered Apport would read its user-controlled settings
file as the root user. This could be used by a local attacker to possibly
crash Apport or have other unspecified consequences. (CVE-2019-11481)
Sander Bos discovered a race-condition in Apport during core dump
creation. This could be used by a local attacker to generate a crash report
for a privileged process that is readable by an unprivileged user.
(CVE-2019-11482)
Sander Bos discovered Apport mishandled crash dumps originating from
containers. This could be used by a local a
OSV
apport vulnerabilities
osv·2019-11-04·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2019-11481 [HIGH] apport vulnerabilities
apport vulnerabilities
USN-4171-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in apport. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
Kevin Backhouse discovered Apport would read its user-controlled settings
file as the root user. This could be used by a local attacker to possibly
crash Apport or have other unspecified consequences. (CVE-2019-11481)
Sander Bos discovered a race-condition in Apport during core dump
creation. This could be used by a local attacker to generate a crash report
for a privileged process that is readable by an unprivileged user.
(CVE-2019-11482)
Sander Bos discovered Apport mishandled crash dumps originating from
containers. This could be used by a local attacker to generate a crash
report for a privileged process that is r
OSV
apport vulnerabilities
osv·2019-10-30·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2019-11481 [HIGH] apport vulnerabilities
apport vulnerabilities
Kevin Backhouse discovered Apport would read its user-controlled settings
file as the root user. This could be used by a local attacker to possibly
crash Apport or have other unspecified consequences. (CVE-2019-11481)
Sander Bos discovered a race-condition in Apport during core dump
creation. This could be used by a local attacker to generate a crash report
for a privileged process that is readable by an unprivileged user.
(CVE-2019-11482)
Sander Bos discovered Apport mishandled crash dumps originating from
containers. This could be used by a local attacker to generate a crash
report for a privileged process that is readable by an unprivileged user.
(CVE-2019-11483)
Sander Bos discovered Apport mishandled lock-file creation. This could be
used by a local attacker
OSV
CVE-2019-11485: Sander Bos discovered Apport's lock file was in a world-writable directory which allowed all users to prevent crash handling
osv·2019-10-29·CVSS 3.3
CVE-2019-11485 [LOW] CVE-2019-11485: Sander Bos discovered Apport's lock file was in a world-writable directory which allowed all users to prevent crash handling
Sander Bos discovered Apport's lock file was in a world-writable directory which allowed all users to prevent crash handling.
Ubuntu
Apport regression
vendor_ubuntu·2020-11-12·CVSS 3.8
[LOW] Apport regression
Title: Apport regression
Summary: USN-4171-1 introduced a regression in Apport.
USN-4171-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Apport. The update caused a regression
when handling configuration files. This update fixes the problem, and also
introduces further hardening measures.
Original advisory details:
Kevin Backhouse discovered Apport would read its user-controlled settings
file as the root user. This could be used by a local attacker to possibly
crash Apport or have other unspecified consequences. (CVE-2019-11481)
Sander Bos discovered a race-condition in Apport during core dump
creation. This could be used by a local attacker to generate a crash report
for a privileged process that is readable by an unprivileged user.
(CVE-2019-11482)
Sander Bos discovered Apport mishandled crash dumps or
Ubuntu
Apport regression
vendor_ubuntu·2020-03-18·CVSS 3.8
[LOW] Apport regression
Title: Apport regression
Summary: USN-4171-1 introduced a regression in Apport.
USN-4171-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Apport. This caused a regression in
autopkgtest and python2 compatibility. This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Kevin Backhouse discovered Apport would read its user-controlled settings
file as the root user. This could be used by a local attacker to possibly
crash Apport or have other unspecified consequences. (CVE-2019-11481)
Sander Bos discovered a race-condition in Apport during core dump
creation. This could be used by a local attacker to generate a crash report
for a privileged process that is readable by an unprivileged user.
(CVE-2019-11482)
Sander Bos discovered Apport mishandled crash dumps originating
Ubuntu
Apport regression
vendor_ubuntu·2019-11-05·CVSS 3.8
[LOW] Apport regression
Title: Apport regression
Summary: USN-4171-1 introduced a regression in Apport.
USN-4171-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Apport. The update caused a regression
in the Python Apport library. This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Kevin Backhouse discovered Apport would read its user-controlled settings
file as the root user. This could be used by a local attacker to possibly
crash Apport or have other unspecified consequences. (CVE-2019-11481)
Sander Bos discovered a race-condition in Apport during core dump
creation. This could be used by a local attacker to generate a crash report
for a privileged process that is readable by an unprivileged user.
(CVE-2019-11482)
Sander Bos discovered Apport mishandled crash dumps originating from
c
Ubuntu
Apport regression
vendor_ubuntu·2019-11-05·CVSS 3.8
[LOW] Apport regression
Title: Apport regression
Summary: USN-4171-1 introduced a regression in Apport.
USN-4171-1 fixed a vulnerability in Apport. The update caused a regression
in the Python Apport library. This update fixes the problem for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Kevin Backhouse discovered Apport would read its user-controlled settings
file as the root user. This could be used by a local attacker to possibly
crash Apport or have other unspecified consequences. (CVE-2019-11481)
Sander Bos discovered a race-condition in Apport during core dump
creation. This could be used by a local attacker to generate a crash report
for a privileged process that is readable by an unprivileged user.
(CVE-2019-11482)
Sander Bos discovered Apport mishandled crash dum
Ubuntu
Apport vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2019-11-04·CVSS 3.8
CVE-2019-11481 [LOW] Apport vulnerabilities
Title: Apport vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Apport.
USN-4171-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in apport. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
Kevin Backhouse discovered Apport would read its user-controlled settings
file as the root user. This could be used by a local attacker to possibly
crash Apport or have other unspecified consequences. (CVE-2019-11481)
Sander Bos discovered a race-condition in Apport during core dump
creation. This could be used by a local attacker to generate a crash report
for a privileged process that is readable by an unprivileged user.
(CVE-2019-11482)
Sander Bos discovered Apport mishandled crash dumps originating from
containers. This could be used by a local attacke
Ubuntu
Apport vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2019-10-30·CVSS 3.8
CVE-2019-11481 [LOW] Apport vulnerabilities
Title: Apport vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Apport.
Kevin Backhouse discovered Apport would read its user-controlled settings
file as the root user. This could be used by a local attacker to possibly
crash Apport or have other unspecified consequences. (CVE-2019-11481)
Sander Bos discovered a race-condition in Apport during core dump
creation. This could be used by a local attacker to generate a crash report
for a privileged process that is readable by an unprivileged user.
(CVE-2019-11482)
Sander Bos discovered Apport mishandled crash dumps originating from
containers. This could be used by a local attacker to generate a crash
report for a privileged process that is readable by an unprivileged user.
(CVE-2019-11483)
Sander Bos discovered Apport mishan
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2020-02-08
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