fkie_cve-2021-32554
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2021-06-12 04:15
Modified
2024-11-21 06:07
Severity ?
7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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 xorg package apport hooks, it could expose private data to other local users.
References
security@ubuntu.comhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1917904Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1917904Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 20.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 20.10
canonical ubuntu_linux 21.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 21.10


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