USN-3354-1: Apport vulnerability
USN-3354-1: Apport vulnerability Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3354-1 18th July, 2017 apport vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 17.04 Ubuntu 16.10 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary An attacker could trick a user into opening a malicious .crash file and execute arbitrary code as the user. Software description apport – automatically generate crash reports for debugging Details Felix Wilhelm discovered a path traversal vulnerability in Apportwhen handling the ExecutablePath field in crash files. An attackercould trick a user into opening a specially crafted crash file andexecute arbitrary code with the user's privileges. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 17.04: apport 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.5 python-apport 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.5 python3-apport 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.5 Ubuntu 16.10: apport 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.7 python-apport 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.7 python3-apport 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.7 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: apport 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10 python-apport 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10 python3-apport 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10 [ more… ]