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: http://ift.tt/17VXqjU.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
from Ubuntu Security Notices http://ift.tt/2u6xzXu