Executive Summary

Summary
Title Apport vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-2007-1 First vendor Publication 2013-10-24
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2013-10-24
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:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 4.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 13.10 - Ubuntu 13.04 - Ubuntu 12.10 - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

Apport could be made to expose privileged information.

Software Description: - apport: automatically generate crash reports for debugging

Details:

Martin Carpenter discovered that Apport set incorrect permissions on core dump files generated by setuid binaries. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain privileged information.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 13.10:
apport 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 13.04:
apport 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.5

Ubuntu 12.10:
apport 2.6.1-0ubuntu13

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
apport 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6

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

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2007-1
CVE-2013-1067

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.9.2-0ubuntu8.5
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.6.1-0ubuntu13
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2007-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19045
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19045
Title: USN-2007-1 -- apport vulnerability
Description: Apport could be made to expose privileged information.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-2007-1
CVE-2013-1067
Version: 5
Platform(s): Ubuntu 13.10
Ubuntu 13.04
Ubuntu 12.10
Ubuntu 12.04
Product(s): apport
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 4

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2014-01-27 Name : The remote host is missing Sun Security Patch number 150863-01
File : solaris8_150863.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-01-27 Name : The remote host is missing Sun Security Patch number 113911-02
File : solaris9_113911.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-10-25 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-2007-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2014-02-17 12:02:41
  • Multiple Updates
2013-10-28 17:24:11
  • Multiple Updates
2013-10-26 13:22:00
  • Multiple Updates
2013-10-24 21:21:45
  • First insertion