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[USN-2569-2] Apport vulnerability

Posted on 16 April 2015
Ubuntu Security

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2569-2
April 16, 2015

apport vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Apport could be tricked into running programs as an administrator.

Software Description:
- apport: automatically generate crash reports for debugging

Details:

USN-2569-1 fixed a vulnerability in Apport. Tavis Ormandy discovered that=

the fixed packages were still vulnerable to a privilege escalation attack=
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This update completely disables crash report handling for containers unti=
l
a more complete solution is available.

Original advisory details:

St=C3=A9phane Graber and Tavis Ormandy independently discovered that App=
ort
incorrectly handled the crash reporting feature. A local attacker could =
use
this issue to gain elevated privileges.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.10:
apport 2.14.7-0ubuntu8.4

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
apport 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.10

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.=


References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2569-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2569-1
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1444518

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.14.7-0ubuntu8.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.14.1-0ubuntu3.10

 

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