Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3354-1
18th July, 2017
apport vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
An attacker could trick a user into opening a malicious .crash file and execute arbitrary code as the user.
Software description
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
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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
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
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
Continue reading...
