USN-4051-1: Apport vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 19.04
• Ubuntu 18.10
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• apport - automatically generate crash reports for debugging

Details

Kevin Backhouse discovered a race-condition when reading the user's local
Apport configuration. This could be used by a local attacker to cause
Apport to include arbitrary files in a resulting crash report.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 19.04

• python-apport - 2.20.10-0ubuntu27.1
• python3-apport - 2.20.10-0ubuntu27.1

Ubuntu 18.10

• python-apport - 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.4
• python3-apport - 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.4

Ubuntu 18.04

• python-apport - 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7
• python3-apport - 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7

Ubuntu 16.04

• python-apport - 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.19
• python3-apport - 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.19

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2019-7307

Related notices

• USN-4051-2: python3-apport, apport-kde, python3-problem-report, apport-noui, python-apport, dh-apport, apport, python-problem-report, apport-gtk, apport-valgrind, apport-retrace