USN-4449-1: apport Ubuntu

CVSS: UnknownPublished
Published 04-08-2020Last modified 10-02-2026
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Vulnerability summary

USN-4449-1 is a vulnerability in apport Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
Not scored
0%100%
No EPSS score yet
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 3 · Downstream 0 · Related 3
CVE-2020-11936CVE-2020-15701CVE-2020-15702

Timeline

  1. 04-08-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 10-02-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

apport vulnerabilities Ryota Shiga working with Trend Micro´s Zero Day Initiative, discovered that Apport incorrectly dropped privileges when making certain D-Bus calls. A local attacker could use this issue to read arbitrary files. (CVE-2020-11936) Seong-Joong Kim discovered that Apport incorrectly parsed configuration files. A local attacker could use this issue to cause Apport to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-15701) Ryota Shiga working with Trend Micro´s Zero Day Initiative, discovered that Apport incorrectly implemented certain checks. A local attacker could use this issue to escalate privileges and run arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-15702)

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Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

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Affected systems

Ubuntu1 product
  • apport< 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.24 | < 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.16 | < 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.6

1 vendor · 1 product

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