usn-4449-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2020-08-04 17:05
Modified
2026-02-10 04:41
Summary
apport vulnerabilities
Details

Ryota Shiga working with Trend Micro´s Zero Day Initiative, discovered that Apport incorrectly dropped privileges when making certain D-Bus calls. A local attacker could use this issue to read arbitrary files. (CVE-2020-11936)

Seong-Joong Kim discovered that Apport incorrectly parsed configuration files. A local attacker could use this issue to cause Apport to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-15701)

Ryota Shiga working with Trend Micro´s Zero Day Initiative, discovered that Apport incorrectly implemented certain checks. A local attacker could use this issue to escalate privileges and run arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-15702)


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                },
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        "2.20.11-0ubuntu13",
        "2.20.11-0ubuntu14",
        "2.20.11-0ubuntu15",
        "2.20.11-0ubuntu16",
        "2.20.11-0ubuntu17",
        "2.20.11-0ubuntu18",
        "2.20.11-0ubuntu19",
        "2.20.11-0ubuntu20",
        "2.20.11-0ubuntu21",
        "2.20.11-0ubuntu22",
        "2.20.11-0ubuntu24",
        "2.20.11-0ubuntu25",
        "2.20.11-0ubuntu26",
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Ryota Shiga working with Trend Micro\u00b4s Zero Day Initiative, discovered that\nApport incorrectly dropped privileges when making certain D-Bus calls. A\nlocal attacker could use this issue to read arbitrary files.\n(CVE-2020-11936)\n\nSeong-Joong Kim discovered that Apport incorrectly parsed configuration\nfiles. A local attacker could use this issue to cause Apport to crash,\nresulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-15701)\n\nRyota Shiga working with Trend Micro\u00b4s Zero Day Initiative, discovered that\nApport incorrectly implemented certain checks. A local attacker could use\nthis issue to escalate privileges and run arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-15702)\n",
  "id": "USN-4449-1",
  "modified": "2026-02-10T04:41:54Z",
  "published": "2020-08-04T17:05:51Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4449-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-11936"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-15701"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-15702"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "apport vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-11936",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15701",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15702"
  ]
}



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