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CVE-2021-32549 (GCVE-0-2021-32549)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-06-12 03:40 – Updated: 2024-09-16 23:11
VLAI
Title
apport read_file() function could follow maliciously constructed symbolic links
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 openjdk-13 package apport hooks, it could expose private data to other local users.
Severity
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
  • CWE-61 - UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Canonical apport Affected: 2.20.1 , < 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm1 (custom)
Affected: 2.20.9 , < 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.24 (custom)
Affected: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27 , < 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.18 (custom)
Affected: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50 , < 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.7 (custom)
Affected: 2.20.11-0ubuntu65 , < 2.20.11-0ubuntu65.1 (custom)
Affected: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3 , < 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm7 (custom)
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Date Public
2021-05-25 00:00
Credits
maik@secfault-security.com (@fktio)
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