Packages
- apport - automatically generate crash reports for debugging
Details
Dan Rosenberg discovered that an application running under an AppArmor
profile that allowed unconfined execution of apport-bug could escape
confinement by calling apport-bug with a crafted environment. While not a
vulnerability in apport itself, this update mitigates the issue by
sanitizing certain variables in the apport-bug shell script.
Dan Rosenberg discovered that an application running under an AppArmor
profile that allowed unconfined execution of apport-bug could escape
confinement by calling apport-bug with a crafted environment. While not a
vulnerability in apport itself, this update mitigates the issue by
sanitizing certain variables in the apport-bug shell script.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.04 precise | apport – 2.0.1-0ubuntu15.1 | ||
| 11.10 oneiric | apport – 1.23-0ubuntu4.1 | ||
| 10.04 lucid | apport – 1.13.3-0ubuntu2.2 | ||
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