USN-2609-1

Sander Bos discovered that Apport incorrectly handled permissions when the system was configured to generate core dumps for setuid binaries. A local attacker could use this issue to gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2015-1324)

Philip Pettersson discovered that Apport contained race conditions resulting core dumps to be generated with incorrect permissions in arbitrary locations. A local attacker could use this issue to gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2015-1325)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / apport

Package

Name: apport
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/apport@2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11

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

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11",
            "binary_name": "apport"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11",
            "binary_name": "apport-gtk"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11",
            "binary_name": "apport-kde"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11",
            "binary_name": "apport-noui"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11",
            "binary_name": "apport-retrace"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11",
            "binary_name": "apport-valgrind"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11",
            "binary_name": "dh-apport"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11",
            "binary_name": "python-apport"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11",
            "binary_name": "python-problem-report"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11",
            "binary_name": "python3-apport"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11",
            "binary_name": "python3-problem-report"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2015-1324",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "high",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2015-1325",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "high",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2609-1.json"