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usn-5077-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2021-09-14 11:54
Modified
2026-02-10 04:42
Summary
apport vulnerabilities
Details

Maik Münch and Stephen Röttger discovered that Apport incorrectly handled certain information gathering operations. A local attacker could use this issue to gain read access to arbitrary files, possibly containing sensitive information.

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  "details": "Maik M\u00fcnch and Stephen R\u00f6ttger discovered that Apport incorrectly handled\ncertain information gathering operations. A local attacker could use this\nissue to gain read access to arbitrary files, possibly containing sensitive\ninformation.\n",
  "id": "USN-5077-1",
  "modified": "2026-02-10T04:42:19Z",
  "published": "2021-09-14T11:54:26Z",
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