USN-5122-1

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    USN-5122-1

    Published: 25 Oct 2021Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: apport vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that Apport could be tricked into writing core files as root into arbitrary directories in certain scenarios. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. This update will cause Apport to generate all core files in the /var/lib/apport/coredump directory.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5122-1, https://launchpad.net/bugs/1948657

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: apport

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.20.9-0ubuntu7.27

    Affected versions

    2.20.7-0ubuntu3
    2.20.7-0ubuntu3.1
    2.20.7-0ubuntu4
    2.20.8-0ubuntu1
    2.20.8-0ubuntu2
    2.20.8-0ubuntu3
    2.20.8-0ubuntu4
    2.20.8-0ubuntu5
    2.20.8-0ubuntu6
    2.20.8-0ubuntu7
    2.20.8-0ubuntu8
    2.20.8-0ubuntu9
    2.20.8-0ubuntu10
    2.20.9-0ubuntu1
    2.20.9-0ubuntu2
    2.20.9-0ubuntu4
    2.20.9-0ubuntu5
    2.20.9-0ubuntu6
    2.20.9-0ubuntu7
    2.20.9-0ubuntu7.1
    2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
    2.20.9-0ubuntu7.3
    2.20.9-0ubuntu7.4
    2.20.9-0ubuntu7.5
    2.20.9-0ubuntu7.6
    2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7
    2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8
    2.20.9-0ubuntu7.9
    2.20.9-0ubuntu7.11
    2.20.9-0ubuntu7.12
    2.20.9-0ubuntu7.13
    2.20.9-0ubuntu7.14
    2.20.9-0ubuntu7.15
    2.20.9-0ubuntu7.16
    2.20.9-0ubuntu7.17
    2.20.9-0ubuntu7.18
    2.20.9-0ubuntu7.19
    2.20.9-0ubuntu7.20
    2.20.9-0ubuntu7.21
    2.20.9-0ubuntu7.23
    2.20.9-0ubuntu7.24
    2.20.9-0ubuntu7.26

    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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