USN-3664-1: Apport vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 17.10
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• apport - automatically generate crash reports for debugging

Details

Sander Bos discovered that Apport incorrectly handled core dumps when
certain files are missing from /proc. A local attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause a denial of service, gain root privileges, or escape
from containers.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04

• apport - 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.1

Ubuntu 17.10

• apport - 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.9

Ubuntu 16.04

• apport - 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2018-6552

Related notices

• USN-3664-2: python-apport, apport-valgrind, python-problem-report, dh-apport, python3-problem-report, apport-kde, python3-apport, apport-retrace, apport-noui, apport-gtk, apport