Ubuntu Security Update USN-7545-3: Apport regression

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USN-7545-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Apport. The update introduced a regression that raised an error if a crashing process was killed while Apport was analyzing it. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Qualys discovered that Apport incorrectly handled metadata when processing application crashes. An attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive information.

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