https://vulnerability.circl.lu/rss/recent/all/10 Most recent entries from all 2026-09-28T23:14:47.098358+00:00 Vulnerability-Lookup info@circl.lu python-feedgen Contains only the most 10 recent entries. https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/cve-2019-11481 CVE-2019-11481 — Apport reads arbitrary files if ~/.config/apport/settings is a symlink 2026-09-28T23:14:47.102520+00:00

Affected: Canonical apport

Kevin Backhouse discovered that apport would read a user-supplied configuration file with elevated privileges. By replacing the file with a symbolic link, a user could get apport to read any file on the system as root, with unknown consequences.

 https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/usn-4171-1 USN-4171-1 — apport vulnerabilities 2026-09-28T23:14:47.102680+00:00

Affected: Ubuntu:16.04:LTS: apport, Ubuntu:18.04:LTS: apport

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

Sander Bos discovered a race-condition in Apport during core dump creation. This could be used by a local attacker to generate a crash report for a privileged process that is readable by an unprivileged user. (CVE-2019-11482)

Sander Bos discovered Apport mishandled crash dumps originating from containers. This could be used by a local attacker to generate a crash report for a privileged process that is readable by an unprivileged user. (CVE-2019-11483)

Sander Bos discovered Apport mishandled lock-file creation. This could be used by a local attacker to cause a denial of service against Apport. (CVE-2019-11485)

Kevin Backhouse discovered Apport read various process-specific files with elevated privileges during crash dump generation. This could could be used by a local attacker to generate a crash report for a privileged process that is readable by an unprivileged user. (CVE-2019-15790)