Executive Summary

Summary
Title Apport vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-768-1 First vendor Publication 2009-04-29
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2009-04-29
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 1.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 3.4 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

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

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
apport 0.108.4

Ubuntu 8.10:
apport 0.119.2

Ubuntu 9.04:
apport 1.0-0ubuntu5.2

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Details follow:

Stephane Chazelas discovered that Apport did not safely remove files from its crash report directory. If Apport had been enabled at some point, a local attacker could remove arbitrary files from the system.

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-768-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-16 Configuration

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13688
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13688
Title: USN-768-1 -- apport vulnerability
Description: Stephane Chazelas discovered that Apport did not safely remove files from its crash report directory. If Apport had been enabled at some point, a local attacker could remove arbitrary files from the system.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-768-1
CVE-2009-1295
Version: 7
Platform(s): Ubuntu 8.10
Ubuntu 8.04
Ubuntu 9.04
Product(s): apport
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 3

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-05-20 Name : SuSE Security Summary SUSE-SR:2009:010
File : nvt/suse_sr_2009_010.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
54173 Apport on Ubuntu Unspecified Arbitrary Local File Deletion

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2009-07-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_1_apport-090422.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-30 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-768-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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