CVE-2021-32548

It was discovered that read_file() in apport/hookutils.py would follow symbolic links or open FIFOs. When this function is used by the openjdk-8 package apport hooks, it could expose private data to other local users.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.3 High

Status

Modified - security@ubuntu.com

Published

2021-06-12

Last modified

2024-09-16

Weaknesses

CWE-59, CWE-61

Affected products

• Apport (Canonical)
• Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)

References

• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1917904