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GHSA-GGH9-6Q6M-3FH2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:05 – Updated: 2022-05-24 19:05

Details

It was discovered that the process_report() function in data/whoopsie-upload-all allowed arbitrary file writes via symlinks.

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CVE-2021-32557 (GCVE-0-2021-32557)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-06-12 03:40 – Updated: 2024-09-16 17:53

Title

apport process_report() arbitrary file write

Summary

It was discovered that the process_report() function in data/whoopsie-upload-all allowed arbitrary file writes via symlinks.

Severity ?

5.2 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L

CWE

CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
CWE-61 - UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following

Assigner

canonical

References

URL

Tags

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/…

x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Canonical	apport	Affected: 2.20.1 , < 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm1 (custom) Affected: 2.20.9 , < 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.24 (custom) Affected: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27 , < 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.18 (custom) Affected: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50 , < 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.7 (custom) Affected: 2.20.11-0ubuntu65 , < 2.20.11-0ubuntu65.1 (custom) Affected: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3 , < 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm7 (custom)

Credits

maik@secfault-security.com (@fktio)

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Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2021-32557 (GCVE-0-2021-32557)

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