CVE-2015-1324

Apport before 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1 as packaged in Ubuntu 15.04, before 2.14.70ubuntu8.5 as packaged in Ubuntu 14.10, before 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11 as packaged in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and before 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.9 as packaged in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS allow local users to write to arbitrary files and gain root privileges by leveraging incorrect handling of permissions when generating core dumps for setuid binaries.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.8 High

Status

Modified - security@ubuntu.com

Published

2017-08-25

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected products

• Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74767
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2609-1
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1452239