What is the vulnerability ID for this Apport vulnerability?

The vulnerability ID for this Apport vulnerability is USN-6018-1.

What is the severity of the USN-6018-1 vulnerability?

The severity of the USN-6018-1 vulnerability is not specified.

Apport is a crash report handling tool in Ubuntu.

How does the privilege escalation vulnerability in Apport work?

The vulnerability allows local attackers on a specially configured system to escalate their privilege by exploiting apport-cli when viewing crash reports and unprivileged users are allowed to run sudo less.

How do I fix the USN-6018-1 vulnerability in Apport?

To fix the USN-6018-1 vulnerability in Apport, update the apport package to version 2.23.1-0ubuntu3.2 or higher.

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USN-6018-1

13/4/2023

USN-6018-1: Apport vulnerability

First published: Thu Apr 13 2023(Updated: )

Chen Lu, Lei Wang, and YiQi Sun discovered a privilege escalation vulnerability in apport-cli when viewing crash reports and unprivileged users are allowed to run sudo less. A local attacker on a specially configured system could use this to escalate their privilege.

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
All of
ubuntu/apport	<2.23.1-0ubuntu3.2	2.23.1-0ubuntu3.2
	=22.10
All of
ubuntu/apport	<2.20.11-0ubuntu82.4	2.20.11-0ubuntu82.4
	=22.04
All of
ubuntu/apport	<2.20.11-0ubuntu27.26	2.20.11-0ubuntu27.26
	=20.04
All of
ubuntu/apport	<2.20.9-0ubuntu7.29	2.20.9-0ubuntu7.29
	=18.04

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CVE-2023-1326

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the vulnerability ID for this Apport vulnerability?
The vulnerability ID for this Apport vulnerability is USN-6018-1.
What is the severity of the USN-6018-1 vulnerability?
The severity of the USN-6018-1 vulnerability is not specified.
What is Apport?
Apport is a crash report handling tool in Ubuntu.
How does the privilege escalation vulnerability in Apport work?
The vulnerability allows local attackers on a specially configured system to escalate their privilege by exploiting apport-cli when viewing crash reports and unprivileged users are allowed to run sudo less.
How do I fix the USN-6018-1 vulnerability in Apport?
To fix the USN-6018-1 vulnerability in Apport, update the apport package to version 2.23.1-0ubuntu3.2 or higher.

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