USN-2007-1: Apport vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 13.10
• Ubuntu 13.04
• Ubuntu 12.10
• Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

• apport - automatically generate crash reports for debugging

Details

Martin Carpenter discovered that Apport set incorrect permissions on core
dump files generated by setuid binaries. A local attacker could possibly
use this issue to obtain privileged information.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 13.10

• apport - 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 13.04

• apport - 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.5

Ubuntu 12.10

• apport - 2.6.1-0ubuntu13

Ubuntu 12.04

• apport - 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2013-1067