CVE-2019-11481

Publication date 27 August 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

Kevin Backhouse discovered that apport would read a user-supplied configuration file with elevated privileges. By replacing the file with a symbolic link, a user could get apport to read any file on the system as root, with unknown consequences.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
apport 19.10 eoan
Fixed 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.1
19.04 disco
Fixed 2.20.10-0ubuntu27.2
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm2

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4171-1
    • Apport vulnerabilities
    • 30 October 2019
    • USN-4171-2
    • Apport vulnerabilities
    • 4 November 2019

Other references