Description
The crash reporting feature in Apport 2.13 through 2.17.x before 2.17.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted usr/share/apport/apport file in a namespace (container).
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://launchpad.net/apport/trunk/2.17.1 ↗
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/apport/%2Bbug/1438758 ↗
- http://www.osvdb.org/120803 ↗
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36782/ ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2569-1 ↗
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43971/ ↗
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/9 ↗