1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-2569-1

USN-2569-1: Apport vulnerability

Publication date

14 April 2015

Overview

Apport could be tricked into running programs as an administrator.

Releases

Packages

  • apport - automatically generate crash reports for debugging

Details

Stéphane Graber and Tavis Ormandy independently discovered that Apport
incorrectly handled the crash reporting feature. A local attacker could use
this issue to gain elevated privileges.

Stéphane Graber and Tavis Ormandy independently discovered that Apport
incorrectly handled the crash reporting feature. A local attacker could use
this issue to gain elevated privileges.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
14.10 utopic apport –  2.14.7-0ubuntu8.3
14.04 trusty apport –  2.14.1-0ubuntu3.9

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