CVE-2021-32550

Published: Jun 12, 2021

Modified: Sep 16, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.3

HIGH

Description

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-14 package apport hooks, it could expose private data to other local users.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Canonical	apport	affected `2.20.1 - < 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm1` affected `2.20.9 - < 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.24` affected `2.20.11-0ubuntu27 - < 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.18` affected `2.20.11-0ubuntu50 - < 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.7` affected `2.20.11-0ubuntu65 - < 2.20.11-0ubuntu65.1` +1 more versions

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59

CWE-61

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1917904

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CVE-2021-32550

Description

Affected Products

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

References