PT-2021-16752 · Apport+2 · Apport+2

Gr33Nh4T + 1 · Published 2021-02-02 · Updated 2022-08-01 · CVE-2021-25682

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue concerns the get pid info() function in the data/apport component, which fails to properly parse the /proc/pid/status file from the kernel. This parsing issue may lead to potential security problems.

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

Exploit

Special Elements Injection

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-74

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-25682

USN-4720-1

USN-4720-2

Affected Products

Linuxmint

Ubuntu

Apport

References · 14

• 🔥 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1912326 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-25682 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4720-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-4720-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-25682 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4720-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-4720-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-25684 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25682 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-25682 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-25682 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-25683 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cybersecuritytechnologies/2728 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/16149 · Telegram Post