UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15701
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UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15701
Published: 13 May 2020Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
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Summary:
Details: An unhandled exception in check_ignored() in apport/report.py can be exploited by a local attacker to cause a denial of service. If the mtime attribute is a string value in apport-ignore.xml, it will trigger an unhandled exception, resulting in a crash. Fixed in 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.24, 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.16, 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.6.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-15701, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4449-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4449-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-15701
Affected packages
Package
Name: apport
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm5?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm5
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
