CVE-2019-11481 (GCVE-0-2019-11481)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-02-08 04:50 – Updated: 2024-09-16 23:25
VLAI?
Title
Apport reads arbitrary files if ~/.config/apport/settings is a symlink
Summary
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.
Severity ?
3.8 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • Read user data with administrator privileges
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Canonical apport Affected: 2.14.1 , < 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm2 (custom)
Affected: 2.20.1 , < 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20 (custom)
Affected: 2.20.9 , < 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8 (custom)
Affected: 2.20.11 , < 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.1 (custom)
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Credits
Kevin Backhouse
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