Published: 08/02/2020 Updated: 12/06/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.1 | Impact Score: 8.5 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8

VMScore: 543

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:P

Kevin Backhouse discovered Apport would read its user-controlled settings file as the root user. This could be used by a local malicious user to possibly crash Apport or have other unspecified consequences. (CVE-2019-11481)

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USN-4171-1 introduced a regression in Apport ...

Several security issues were fixed in Apport ...

USN-4171-1 introduced a regression in Apport ...

USN-4171-2 introduced a regression in Apport ...

CWE-59 https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-2 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172858/Ubuntu-Apport-Whoopsie-DoS-Integer-Overflow.html https://nvd.nist.gov https://usn.ubuntu.com/4171-5/https://usn.ubuntu.com/4171-1/

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