USN-3157-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9949)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2016-12-14 22:15 – Updated: 2026-02-10 04:41 – Source website
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apport vulnerabilities
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Donncha O Cearbhaill discovered that the crash file parser in Apport improperly treated the CrashDB field as python code. An attacker could use this to convince a user to open a maliciously crafted crash file and execute arbitrary code with the privileges of that user. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-9949)

Donncha O Cearbhaill discovered that Apport did not properly sanitize the Package and SourcePackage fields in crash files before processing package specific hooks. An attacker could use this to convince a user to open a maliciously crafted crash file and execute arbitrary code with the privileges of that user. (CVE-2016-9950)

Donncha O Cearbhaill discovered that Apport would offer to restart an application based on the contents of the RespawnCommand or ProcCmdline fields in a crash file. An attacker could use this to convince a user to open a maliciously crafted crash file and execute arbitrary code with the privileges of that user. (CVE-2016-9951)

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  "details": "Donncha O Cearbhaill discovered that the crash file parser in Apport\nimproperly treated the CrashDB field as python code. An attacker could\nuse this to convince a user to open a maliciously crafted crash file\nand execute arbitrary code with the privileges of that user. This issue\nonly affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-9949)\n\nDonncha O Cearbhaill discovered that Apport did not properly sanitize the\nPackage and SourcePackage fields in crash files before processing package\nspecific hooks. An attacker could use this to convince a user to open a\nmaliciously crafted crash file and execute arbitrary code with the\nprivileges of that user. (CVE-2016-9950)\n\nDonncha O Cearbhaill discovered that Apport would offer to restart an\napplication based on the contents of the RespawnCommand or ProcCmdline\nfields in a crash file. An attacker could use this to convince a user to\nopen a maliciously crafted crash file and execute arbitrary code with the\nprivileges of that user. (CVE-2016-9951)\n",
  "id": "USN-3157-1",
  "modified": "2026-02-10T04:41:03Z",
  "published": "2016-12-14T22:15:07Z",
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