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CVE-2020-15701

Published: Aug 6, 2020

Modified: Sep 16, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

5.5

MEDIUM

Description

An unhandled exception in check_ignored() in apport/report.py can be exploited by a local attacker to cause a denial of service. If the mtime attribute is a string value in apport-ignore.xml, it will trigger an unhandled exception, resulting in a crash. Fixed in 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.24, 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.16, 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.6.

VendorProductVersions

Canonical

apport

affected
2.20.1 - < 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.24
affected
2.20.9 - < 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.16
affected
2.20.11 - < 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.6

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-755

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

References

USN-4449-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-4449-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU

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