CVE-2015-1325
HighSummary
A race condition in Apport allows local users to write to arbitrary files and gain root privileges in affected Ubuntu versions.
Risk Assessment
This vulnerability poses a significant security risk by allowing local users to escalate privileges and potentially take control of the system.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update Apport to version 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1 or later in Ubuntu 15.04 and the corresponding versions in older systems to mitigate this vulnerability.
Other vulnerabilities in Apport
See all- 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.
- CVE-2015-1318High
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).
Original NVD description (English source)
Race condition in Apport before 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1 as packaged in Ubuntu 15.04, before 2.14.70ubuntu8.5 as packaged in Ubuntu 14.10, before 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11 as packaged in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and before 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.9 as packaged in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS allow local users to write to arbitrary files and gain root privileges.