{"id":"USN-5122-2","aliases":[],"status":"published","title":"apport vulnerability","description":"USN-5122-1 fixed a vulnerability in Apport. This update provides\nthe corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n It was discovered that Apport could be tricked into writing core files as\n root into arbitrary directories in certain scenarios. A local attacker\n could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. On Ubuntu 16.04 ESM\n This update will cause Apport to generate all core files in the /var/lib/apport/coredump\n directory. On Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, core file generation has been disabled by default.","facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"published":"2021-10-26T13:59:55Z","modified":"2026-06-29T13:49:34Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","package":"apport","fixed_in":["2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm9"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","package":"apport","fixed_in":["2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm3"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","package":"apport","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm9"}]}],"versions":["2.12.5-0ubuntu2","2.12.6-0ubuntu1","2.12.7-0ubuntu1","2.12.7-0ubuntu2","2.12.7-0ubuntu3","2.12.7-0ubuntu6","2.13.1-0ubuntu1","2.13.1-0ubuntu2","2.13.2-0ubuntu2","2.13.2-0ubuntu3","2.13.2-0ubuntu4","2.13.2-0ubuntu5","2.13.3-0ubuntu1","2.14-0ubuntu1","2.14.1-0ubuntu1","2.14.1-0ubuntu2","2.14.1-0ubuntu3","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.1","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.4","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.7","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.8","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.9","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.10","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.12","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.13","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.16","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.18","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.20","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.23","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.24","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.25","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.27","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.28","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm1","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm2","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm3","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm4","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm5","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm6","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm7","2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm8"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","package":"apport","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm3"}]}],"versions":["2.19.1-0ubuntu3","2.19.2-0ubuntu1","2.19.2-0ubuntu2","2.19.2-0ubuntu3","2.19.2-0ubuntu4","2.19.2-0ubuntu5","2.19.2-0ubuntu6","2.19.2-0ubuntu8","2.19.2-0ubuntu9","2.19.3-0ubuntu1","2.19.3-0ubuntu2","2.19.3-0ubuntu3","2.19.4-0ubuntu1","2.19.4-0ubuntu2","2.20-0ubuntu2","2.20-0ubuntu3","2.20.1-0ubuntu1","2.20.1-0ubuntu2","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.2","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.4","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.9","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.12","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.13","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.14","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.16","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.17","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.19","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.21","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.22","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.23","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.24","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.25","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.26","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.27","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.28","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm1","2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm2"]}],"references":[{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5122-2","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://launchpad.net/bugs/1948657","tags":["report"]}],"sources":{"osv":[{"id":"USN-5122-2","title":"apport vulnerability","description":"USN-5122-1 fixed a vulnerability in Apport. This update provides\nthe corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n It was discovered that Apport could be tricked into writing core files as\n root into arbitrary directories in certain scenarios. A local attacker\n could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. On Ubuntu 16.04 ESM\n This update will cause Apport to generate all core files in the /var/lib/apport/coredump\n directory. On Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, core file generation has been disabled by default.\n\n","status":"published","published":"2021-10-26T13:59:55Z","modified":"2026-06-29T13:49:34.51933222Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:15.683829Z"}]}}