CVE-2019-7307

Apport contains a TOCTTOU vulnerability when reading the users ~/.apport-ignore.xml

Published Aug 29, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 7.0 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Apport before versions 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm1, 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.19, 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7, 2.20.10-0ubuntu27.1, 2.20.11-0ubuntu5 contained a TOCTTOU vulnerability when reading the users ~/.apport-ignore.xml file, which allows a local attacker to replace this file with a symlink to any other file on the system and so cause Apport to include the contents of this other file in the resulting crash report. The crash report could then be read by that user either by causing it to be uploaded and reported to Launchpad, or by leveraging some other vulnerability to read the resulting crash report, and so allow the user to read arbitrary files on the system.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-16851 Apport before versions 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm1, 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.19, 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7, 2.20.10-0ubuntu27.1, 2.20.11-0ubuntu5 contained a TOCTTOU vulnerability when reading the users ~/.apport-ignore.xml file, which allows a local attacker to replace this file with a symlink to any other file on the system and so cause Apport to include the contents of this other file in the resulting crash report. The crash report could then be read by that user either by causing it to be uploaded and reported to Launchpad, or by leveraging some other vulnerability to read the resulting crash report, and so allow the user to read arbitrary files on the system.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4051-1 Apport vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4051-2 Apport vulnerability
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
canonical
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 11:56 PM
Reserved
Feb 1, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 29, 2019, 3:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:40 AM