PT-2015-3304 · Canonical · Apport+1

Sander Bos · Published 2015-05-21 · Updated 2017-08-30 · CVE-2015-1324

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apport versions prior to 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1 Apport versions prior to 2.14.70ubuntu8.5 Apport versions prior to 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11 Apport versions prior to 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.9

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in the Apport service of the Ubuntu operating system. It can be exploited by a local attacker to gain root privileges and modify arbitrary files due to incorrect handling of permissions when creating core dumps for setuid binaries.

Recommendations For Apport version prior to 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1, update to version 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1 or later. For Apport version prior to 2.14.70ubuntu8.5, update to version 2.14.70ubuntu8.5 or later. For Apport version prior to 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11, update to version 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11 or later. For Apport version prior to 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.9, update to version 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.9 or later.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-02047

CVE-2015-1324

USN-2609-1

Affected Products

Apport

Ubuntu

References · 15

• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1452239 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1324 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1324 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1325 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-02047 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1324 · Security Note
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2609-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1324 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1325 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1324 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-2609-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2609-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/74767 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/21/10 · Note
• https://exploit-db.com/exploits/37088 · Note