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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3354-1
July 18, 2017
apport vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 17.04
– Ubuntu 16.10
– Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
An attacker could trick a user into opening a malicious .crash file
and execute arbitrary code as the user.
Software Description:
– apport: automatically generate crash reports for debugging
Details:
Felix Wilhelm discovered a path traversal vulnerability in Apport
when handling the ExecutablePath field in crash files. An attacker
could trick a user into opening a specially crafted crash file and
execute arbitrary code with the user’s privileges.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 17.04:
apport 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.5
python-apport 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.5
python3-apport 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.5
Ubuntu 16.10:
apport 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.7
python-apport 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.7
python3-apport 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.7
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
apport 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
python-apport 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
python3-apport 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
apport 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.25
python-apport 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.25
python3-apport 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.25
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.
References:
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3354-1
CVE-2017-10708
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.20.4-0ubuntu4.5
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.20.3-0ubuntu8.7
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.14.1-0ubuntu3.25
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