CVE-2021-32552 (GCVE-0-2021-32552)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-06-12 03:40 – Updated: 2024-09-17 02:37
VLAI?
Title
apport read_file() function could follow maliciously constructed symbolic links
Summary
It was discovered that read_file() in apport/hookutils.py would follow symbolic links or open FIFOs. When this function is used by the openjdk-16 package apport hooks, it could expose private data to other local users.
Severity ?
7.3 (High)
CWE
Assigner
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Impacted products
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| Canonical | apport |
Affected:
2.20.1 , < 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm1
(custom)
Affected: 2.20.9 , < 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.24 (custom) Affected: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27 , < 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.18 (custom) Affected: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50 , < 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.7 (custom) Affected: 2.20.11-0ubuntu65 , < 2.20.11-0ubuntu65.1 (custom) Affected: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3 , < 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm7 (custom) |
Credits
maik@secfault-security.com (@fktio)
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