USN-2744-1

Halfdog discovered that Apport incorrectly handled kernel crash dump files. A local attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly elevate privileges. The default symlink protections for affected releases should reduce the vulnerability to a denial of service.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / apport

Package

Name: apport
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/apport@2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15

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

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "apport",
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "apport-gtk",
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "apport-kde",
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "apport-noui",
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "apport-retrace",
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "apport-valgrind",
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "dh-apport",
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-apport",
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-problem-report",
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-apport",
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-problem-report",
            "binary_version": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2015-1338",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
}

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2744-1.json"