First published: Fri Aug 25 2017(Updated: )
Race condition in Apport before 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1 as packaged in Ubuntu 15.04, before 2.14.70ubuntu8.5 as packaged in Ubuntu 14.10, before 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11 as packaged in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and before 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.9 as packaged in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS allow local users to write to arbitrary files and gain root privileges.
Credit: security@ubuntu.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =12.04 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =14.04 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =14.10 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =15.04 |
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