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 Apport
when handling the ExecutablePath field in crash files. An attacker
could trick a user into opening a specially crafted crash file and
execute 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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

apport

2.14.1-0ubuntu3.25

python-apport

2.14.1-0ubuntu3.25

python3-apport

2.14.1-0ubuntu3.25

To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2017-10708

Source: USN-3354-1: Apport vulnerability