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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2569-1
April 14, 2015

apport vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

– Ubuntu 14.10
– Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Apport could be tricked into running programs as an administrator.

Software Description:
– 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.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 14.10:
apport 2.14.7-0ubuntu8.3

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
apport 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.9

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

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2569-1
CVE-2015-1318

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.14.7-0ubuntu8.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.14.1-0ubuntu3.9

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