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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2019.2506.2
USN-4051-1: Apport vulnerability
10 July 2019
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: apport
Publisher: Ubuntu
Operating System: Ubuntu
Impact/Access: Access Confidential Data -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2019-7307
Original Bulletin:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4051-1/
Revision History: July 10 2019: USN-4051-1 fixed a vulnerability in apport.
This update provides the corresponding update
for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
July 9 2019: Initial Release
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USN-4051-1: Apport vulnerability
9 July 2019
apport vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
o Ubuntu 19.04
o Ubuntu 18.10
o Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
o Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
Apport could be made to expose sensitive information in crash reports.
Software Description
o apport - automatically generate crash reports for debugging
Details
Kevin Backhouse discovered a race-condition when reading the user's local
Apport configuration. This could be used by a local attacker to cause Apport to
include arbitrary files in a resulting crash report.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package
versions:
Ubuntu 19.04
python-apport - 2.20.10-0ubuntu27.1
python3-apport - 2.20.10-0ubuntu27.1
Ubuntu 18.10
python-apport - 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.4
python3-apport - 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.4
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
python-apport - 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7
python3-apport - 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
python-apport - 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.19
python3-apport - 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.19
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://
wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades .
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
o CVE-2019-7307
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USN-4051-2: Apport vulnerability
9 July 2019
apport vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
o Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
Summary
Apport could be made to expose sensitive information in crash reports.
Software Description
o apport - automatically generate crash reports for debugging
Details
USN-4051-1 fixed a vulnerability in apport. This update provides the
corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
Kevin Backhouse discovered a race-condition when reading the user's local
Apport configuration. This could be used by a local attacker to cause Apport to
include arbitrary files in a resulting crash report.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package
versions:
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
python-apport - 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm1
python3-apport - 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://
wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades .
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
o USN-4051-1
o CVE-2019-7307
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