UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6552

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6552
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6552.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6552
Upstream
  • CVE-2018-6552
Downstream
Related
Published
2018-05-30T18:00:00Z
Modified
2026-02-04T04:16:45.897984Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - high
Summary
[none]
Details

Apport does not properly handle crashes originating from a PID namespace allowing local users to create certain files as root which an attacker could leverage to perform a denial of service via resource exhaustion, possibly gain root privileges, or escape from containers. The issamens() function returns True when /proc/<global pid>/ does not exist in order to indicate that the crash should be handled in the global namespace rather than inside of a container. However, the portion of the data/apport code that decides whether or not to forward a crash to a container does not always replace sys.argv[1] with the value stored in the host_pid variable when /proc/<global pid>/ does not exist which results in the container pid being used in the global namespace. This flaw affects versions 2.20.8-0ubuntu4 through 2.20.9-0ubuntu7, 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7, 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.8, 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15 through 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.17, and 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.28.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / apport

Package

Name
apport
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/apport@2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29

Affected versions

2.*
2.12.5-0ubuntu2
2.12.6-0ubuntu1
2.12.7-0ubuntu1
2.12.7-0ubuntu2
2.12.7-0ubuntu3
2.12.7-0ubuntu6
2.13.1-0ubuntu1
2.13.1-0ubuntu2
2.13.2-0ubuntu2
2.13.2-0ubuntu3
2.13.2-0ubuntu4
2.13.2-0ubuntu5
2.13.3-0ubuntu1
2.14-0ubuntu1
2.14.1-0ubuntu1
2.14.1-0ubuntu2
2.14.1-0ubuntu3
2.14.1-0ubuntu3.1
2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3
2.14.1-0ubuntu3.4
2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5
2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6
2.14.1-0ubuntu3.7
2.14.1-0ubuntu3.8
2.14.1-0ubuntu3.9
2.14.1-0ubuntu3.10
2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11
2.14.1-0ubuntu3.12
2.14.1-0ubuntu3.13
2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15
2.14.1-0ubuntu3.16
2.14.1-0ubuntu3.18
2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
2.14.1-0ubuntu3.20
2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21
2.14.1-0ubuntu3.23
2.14.1-0ubuntu3.24
2.14.1-0ubuntu3.25
2.14.1-0ubuntu3.27
2.14.1-0ubuntu3.28

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29",
            "binary_name": "apport"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29",
            "binary_name": "apport-gtk"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29",
            "binary_name": "apport-kde"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29",
            "binary_name": "apport-noui"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29",
            "binary_name": "apport-retrace"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29",
            "binary_name": "apport-valgrind"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29",
            "binary_name": "dh-apport"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29",
            "binary_name": "python-apport"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29",
            "binary_name": "python-problem-report"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29",
            "binary_name": "python3-apport"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29",
            "binary_name": "python3-problem-report"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6552.json"

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / apport

Package

Name
apport
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/apport@2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18

Affected versions

2.*
2.19.1-0ubuntu3
2.19.2-0ubuntu1
2.19.2-0ubuntu2
2.19.2-0ubuntu3
2.19.2-0ubuntu4
2.19.2-0ubuntu5
2.19.2-0ubuntu6
2.19.2-0ubuntu8
2.19.2-0ubuntu9
2.19.3-0ubuntu1
2.19.3-0ubuntu2
2.19.3-0ubuntu3
2.19.4-0ubuntu1
2.19.4-0ubuntu2
2.20-0ubuntu2
2.20-0ubuntu3
2.20.1-0ubuntu1
2.20.1-0ubuntu2
2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
2.20.1-0ubuntu2.2
2.20.1-0ubuntu2.4
2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6
2.20.1-0ubuntu2.9
2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
2.20.1-0ubuntu2.12
2.20.1-0ubuntu2.13
2.20.1-0ubuntu2.14
2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15
2.20.1-0ubuntu2.16
2.20.1-0ubuntu2.17

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18",
            "binary_name": "apport"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18",
            "binary_name": "apport-gtk"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18",
            "binary_name": "apport-kde"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18",
            "binary_name": "apport-noui"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18",
            "binary_name": "apport-retrace"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18",
            "binary_name": "apport-valgrind"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18",
            "binary_name": "dh-apport"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18",
            "binary_name": "python-apport"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18",
            "binary_name": "python-problem-report"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18",
            "binary_name": "python3-apport"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18",
            "binary_name": "python3-problem-report"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6552.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / apport

Package

Name
apport
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/apport@2.20.9-0ubuntu7.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.20.9-0ubuntu7.1

Affected versions

2.*
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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.9-0ubuntu7.1",
            "binary_name": "apport"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.9-0ubuntu7.1",
            "binary_name": "apport-gtk"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.9-0ubuntu7.1",
            "binary_name": "apport-kde"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.9-0ubuntu7.1",
            "binary_name": "apport-noui"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.9-0ubuntu7.1",
            "binary_name": "apport-retrace"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.9-0ubuntu7.1",
            "binary_name": "apport-valgrind"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.9-0ubuntu7.1",
            "binary_name": "dh-apport"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.9-0ubuntu7.1",
            "binary_name": "python-apport"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.9-0ubuntu7.1",
            "binary_name": "python-problem-report"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.9-0ubuntu7.1",
            "binary_name": "python3-apport"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.20.9-0ubuntu7.1",
            "binary_name": "python3-problem-report"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6552.json"