UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11481

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11481

    Published: 27 Aug 2019Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2019-11481

    Summary:

    Details: Kevin Backhouse discovered that apport would read a user-supplied configuration file with elevated privileges. By replacing the file with a symbolic link, a user could get apport to read any file on the system as root, with unknown consequences.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11481, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4171-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4171-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11481

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: apport

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm2?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm2

    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
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