SUSE-SU-2017:1938-1

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    SUSE-SU-2017:1938-1

    Published: 24 Jul 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-1338
    Aliases:
    CVE-2015-1338

    Summary: Security update for apport

    Details: This update for apport fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed: - CVE-2015-1338: Insecurely created crash dumps could lead to a DoS or privilege escalation through malicious symlinks. (bsc#947731)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20171938-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/947731, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1338

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: apport

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/apport&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.114-12.8.3.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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