CVE-2019-11481
Kevin Backhouse discovered that apport would read a user-supplied configuration file with elevated privileges. By replacing the file with a symbolic link, a user could get apport to read any file on the system as root, with unknown consequences.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 7.8 High
- Status
- Modified - security@ubuntu.com
- Published
- 2020-02-08
- Last modified
- 2024-09-16
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Affected products
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172858/Ubuntu-Apport-Whoopsie-DoS-Integer-Overflow.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-1
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-2
