PT-2019-4761 · Canonical · Apport+1

Kevin Backhouse · Published 2019-08-27 · Updated 2023-06-12 · CVE-2019-11481

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions apport (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to apport reading a user-supplied configuration file with elevated privileges. By replacing the file with a symbolic link, a user could potentially get apport to read any file on the system as root. The exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-01333

CVE-2019-11481

USN-4171-1

USN-4171-2

USN-4171-3

USN-4171-4

USN-4171-5

USN-4171-6

Affected Products

Ubuntu

Apport

References · 31

• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4171-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11481 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11481 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-4171-3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4171-3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-4171-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-01333 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-4171-4 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4171-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-11481 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11482 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4171-6 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-4171-6 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11481 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11483 · Vendor Advisory