PT-2021-19780 · Linux Mint+1 · Linuxmint+1

Maik + 1 · Published 2021-05-25 · Updated 2021-06-23 · CVE-2021-32557

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.1

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions No specific software or version information is provided.

Description A security issue was found in the process report() function, which allowed arbitrary file writes via symlinks. This could potentially lead to unauthorized data modification.

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

Exploit

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

CWE-61

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-32557

USN-4965-1

USN-4965-2

Affected Products

Linuxmint

Ubuntu

References · 20

• 🔥 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1917904 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4965-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-32557 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-32553 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4965-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-32551 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-32548 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-32556 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32557 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-32557 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-4965-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-32550 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-32557 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-32557 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-32547 · Vendor Advisory