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
Source: USN-3354-1: Apport vulnerability
