UBUNTU-CVE-2021-25683

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2021-25683

    Published: 2 Feb 2021Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-25683

    Summary:

    Details: It was discovered that the get_starttime() function in data/apport did not properly parse the /proc/pid/stat file from the kernel.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-25683, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4720-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4720-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-25683

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: apport

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm6?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm6

    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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