USN-2744-1

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    USN-2744-1

    Published: 24 Sept 2015Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: apport vulnerability

    Details: Halfdog discovered that Apport incorrectly handled kernel crash dump files. A local attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly elevate privileges. The default symlink protections for affected releases should reduce the vulnerability to a denial of service.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2744-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1338

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: apport

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15

    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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