CVE-2019-11485 — Unrestricted Externally Accessible Lock in Apport

CWE-412 — Unrestricted Externally Accessible Lock6 documents5 sources

Severity

3.3LOWNVD

EPSS

0.1%

top 74.03%

CISA KEV

Not in KEV

Exploit

No known exploits

Affected products

Canonical Apport Apport Project Apport Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Timeline

PublishedFeb 8

Latest updateMay 24

Description

Sander Bos discovered Apport's lock file was in a world-writable directory which allowed all users to prevent crash handling.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5canonical/apport2.14.1 — 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+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

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↗2022-05-24

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CVEList

apport created lock file in wrong directory↗2020-02-08

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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↗2019-10-29

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📋Vendor Advisories

Ubuntu

Apport vulnerabilities↗2019-11-04

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Ubuntu

Apport vulnerabilities↗2019-10-30

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