CVE-2015-1318
HighSummary
The crash reporting feature in Apport 2.13 through 2.17.x before 2.17.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted usr/share/apport/apport file in a namespace (container).
Risk Assessment
This vulnerability may allow local users to escalate privileges, posing a significant security risk to the system.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update Apport to version 2.17.1 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.
Other vulnerabilities in Apport
See all- CVE-2015-1325High
A race condition in Apport allows local users to write to arbitrary files and gain root privileges in affected Ubuntu versions.
- CVE-2015-1324High
A vulnerability in Apport before version 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1 in Ubuntu 15.04 and earlier allows local users to write to arbitrary files and gain root privileges by leveraging incorrect handling of permissions when generating core dumps for setuid binaries.
- CVE-2017-10708High
An issue was discovered in Apport through 2.20.x, where the ExecutablePath field is set in apport/report.py. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .crash file due to a lack of path traversal protection.
- CVE-2016-9950High
An issue was discovered in Apport before version 2.20.4 related to path traversal in the 'Package' and 'SourcePackage' fields of the crash file. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary Python files from the local system.
- CVE-2016-9949High
An issue was discovered in Apport before 2.20.4, where the CrashDB field is read and evaluated as Python code if it begins with '{'. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Python code.
- CVE-2015-1338High
A vulnerability in kernel_crashdump in Apport before version 2.19 allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) or potentially gain privileges via a (1) symlink or (2) hard link attack on /var/crash/vmcore.log.
Original NVD description (English source)
The crash reporting feature in Apport 2.13 through 2.17.x before 2.17.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted usr/share/apport/apport file in a namespace (container).