Vulnerability in Apport Project
CVE-2019-11483
Sander Bos discovered Apport mishandled crash dumps originating from containers. This could be used by a local attacker to generate a crash report for a privileged process that is readable by an unprivileged user.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (32.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 33rd percentile — 32.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apport Project
- Canonical Apport — versions 2.14.1, 2.20.1, 2.20.9
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 14.04, 16.04, 18.04
References
- usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-1 (Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-2 (Third Party Advisory)
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-11483?
- CVE-2019-11483 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apport Project. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2020-02-08.
- How severe is CVE-2019-11483?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.