UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1324

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1324

    Published: 21 May 2015Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-1324
    Aliases:
    USN-2609-1

    Summary:

    Details: Apport before 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1 as packaged in Ubuntu 15.04, before 2.14.70ubuntu8.5 as packaged in Ubuntu 14.10, before 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11 as packaged in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and before 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.9 as packaged in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS allow local users to write to arbitrary files and gain root privileges by leveraging incorrect handling of permissions when generating core dumps for setuid binaries.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1324, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2609-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1324

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: apport

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11

    Affected versions

    2.12.5-0ubuntu2
    2.12.6-0ubuntu1
    2.12.7-0ubuntu1
    2.12.7-0ubuntu2
    2.12.7-0ubuntu3
    2.12.7-0ubuntu6

    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