USN-4965-2

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    USN-4965-2

    Published: 25 May 2021Last Modified: 29 Jun 2026

    Summary: apport vulnerabilities

    Details: USN-4965-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Apport. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Maik Münch discovered that Apport incorrectly handled certain information gathering operations. A local attacker could use these issues to read and write arbitrary files as an administrator, and possibly escalate privileges.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4965-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-32547, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-32548, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-32549, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-32550, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-32551, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-32552, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-32553, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-32554, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-32555, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-32556, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-32557

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: apport

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/apport?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm7

    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
    USN-4965-2 | CVE-DB