USN-4315-2: apport Ubuntu

CVSS: UnknownPublished
Published 15-06-2020Last modified 10-02-2026
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Vulnerability summary

USN-4315-2 is a vulnerability in apport Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.

Overall risk
0/100
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Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
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No CVSS score recorded
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KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 2 · Downstream 0 · Related 2
CVE-2020-8831CVE-2020-8833

Timeline

  1. 15-06-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 10-02-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

apport vulnerabilities USN-4315-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Apport. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Maximilien Bourgeteau discovered that the Apport lock file was created with insecure permissions. This could allow a local attacker to escalate their privileges via a symlink attack. (CVE-2020-8831) Maximilien Bourgeteau discovered a race condition in Apport when setting crash report permissions. This could allow a local attacker to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack. (CVE-2020-8833)

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Public exploits

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Weaknesses

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Affected systems

Ubuntu1 product
  • apport< 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm4

1 vendor · 1 product

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