Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2782-1
27th October, 2015
apport vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 15.10
- Ubuntu 15.04
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
Apport could be made to run programs as an administrator.
Software description
- apport
– automatically generate crash reports for debugging
Details
Gabriel Campana discovered that Apport incorrectly handled Python module
imports. A local attacker could use this issue to elevate privileges.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 15.10:
-
apport
2.19.1-0ubuntu4
- Ubuntu 15.04:
-
apport
2.17.2-0ubuntu1.7
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
apport
2.14.1-0ubuntu3.18
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
-
apport
2.0.1-0ubuntu17.13
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.