USN-5427-1

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    USN-5427-1

    Published: 17 May 2022Last Modified: 27 Apr 2026

    Summary: apport vulnerabilities

    Details: Muqing Liu and neoni discovered that Apport incorrectly handled detecting if an executable was replaced after a crash. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code as the root user. (CVE-2021-3899) Gerrit Venema discovered that Apport incorrectly handled connections to Apport sockets inside containers. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to connect to arbitrary sockets as the root user. (CVE-2022-1242) Gerrit Venema discovered that Apport incorrectly handled user settings files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Apport to consume resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2022-28652) Gerrit Venema discovered that Apport did not limit the amount of logging from D-Bus connections. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to fill up the Apport log file, leading to denial of service. (CVE-2022-28654) Gerrit Venema discovered that Apport did not filter D-Bus connection strings. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Apport to make arbitrary network connections. (CVE-2022-28655) Gerrit Venema discovered that Apport did not limit the amount of memory being consumed during D-Bus connections. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Apport to consume memory, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2022-28656) Gerrit Venema discovered that Apport did not disable the python crash handler before chrooting into a container. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-28657) Gerrit Venema discovered that Apport incorrectly handled filename argument whitespace. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to spoof arguments to the Apport daemon. (CVE-2022-28658)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5427-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3899, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1242, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-28652, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-28654, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-28655, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-28656, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-28657, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-28658

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: apport

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.20.9-0ubuntu7.28

    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
    2.20.9-0ubuntu7.27

    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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