UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28652

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28652

    Published: 17 May 2022Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-28652

    Summary:

    Details: ~/.config/apport/settings parsing is vulnerable to "billion laughs" attack

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-28652, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5427-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-28652, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6894-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: apport

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm9?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    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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